Terminal provides a command line interface to control the UNIX-based operating system that lurks below macOS (or Mac OS X). Here’s everything you need to know about Terminal, and what it can do for ...

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This command opens the specified file in its default application. For example, a markdown file might open in Xcode or another text editor. Open a File in a Text Editor: open -t ./path/to/your-file.md ...

MacOS doesn't include a built-in drop-down terminal. With the help of iTerm2, you can make this happen. I've used drop-down terminals for a long time because I don't have to take my fingers off the ...

Click to viewThat Mac you're viewing this web page on using a pretty graphical interface? That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced ...

While you can manually enter the commands to edit files in Terminal editors, in OS X you can set up a service to open files in a desired terminal editor from the Finder's contextual menu. Topher ...