A terminal is an application on Unix-based operating systems that provides a command-line interface (or CLI), so you can interact with the operating system’s shell and access/control its different ...

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Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Terminal on your Mac can do some surprisingly ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you're new to the Mac Terminal, think of it as the ultimate command shortcut hub, one that allows you to take control of your operating system ...

The operating system your MacBook runs, OS X, is built on top of UNIX, and Terminal provides you with access to the underlying UNIX system commands. Most server software that your business would want ...

Terminal has tons of great applications on the Mac. By accessing the Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X, Terminal allows power users and newbies alike to do things with their Mac that may not be enabled ...

While not a common way to manage images in OS X, converting images in the terminal is a quick and easy affair. You can actually use two different methods to convert image files using the command line.

If you use the Terminal regularly, because it is basically a window under the hood of OS X you may find yourself focused on the active shell and overlooking a number of the features the Terminal ...

Underneath its candy-coated Aqua interface, Mac OS X is based on Unix, an operating system that dates back to 1969. Unix and its archetypal user interface, the command line, look alien to many Mac ...