command line

Backstory: I'm having too many issues with compiling stuff and finding dependencies. I think it all stemmed from migrating data to my new Mac, and homebrew changing directories etc. Bottom line: I want to nuke all of Homebrew, Apple Command Line Tools, and all the command line stuff I've...

So usually, if I wanted to view the connections currently being made by my mac, I would use sudo lsof -i to get a list of processes and ip addresses. However, I have noticed something odd, especially with this site, macrumors. While the network tab of the developer tools for firefox list the ip...

I'm the author of the free open source tool osxphotos which has been mentioned before in the MacRumors Forums. I've released a new version today that includes a couple of features members of this forum might find useful: batch-edit command to perform batch edits of metadata including...

It has always been a challenge to change the keyboard layout of the login screen. My password wants the keyboard layout I am accustomed to, whether that be French or English/US101 aka QWERTY. After I bought my new M2 MacBook Air, I found it had the English/US101 aka QWERTY. Search here was...

I've got an external portable HDD that had my iTunes library (amongst other things). I was in the process of migrating it over to a newer external SSD when my Mac crashed. Since then, something has happened to the HDD that has made is suuuuuuuuuper slow. All the data appears to still be there...

Hi i have looking for a tutorial but without luck on windows it's easy but under mac I need to run an application with command line i would like with automator can somebody tell me how do it (steps by steps ? may with some screenshot please ? thanks

I hope this is the right place for this post. I am trying to delete some files in Trash with terminal. In terminal I navigate to the Trash on the disk that contained the original files with the following command: cd /Volumes/Untitled/.Trashes/ Then at .Trashes I enter this list command...

I need to change the start up disk to be a different disk instead of my OS X disk. OS X cannot see the disk I want it to use. I cannot change the start up disk back in OS X's settings. How do I use the command line in OS X to fix it? 2009 Macbook Pro OS X El Capitan

Hey all, I am actually trying to get this running on my old 2011 MBP but given that so many cMP users have familiarity with CAT and terminal I thought this might be better posted here. I am running a clean install of high Sierra (10.13.6) and using the CAT beta designed for this. However when...

Hey everyone. I am currently trying to change the directory for my screendumps on my Macbook Pro 2011 Late running High Sierra. I am succesful in changing my directory on my SSD/main drive, but simply can't figure out how to change the default directory to my other volume - my old HDD. I am...

I would like a to turn off the caps lock via the command. I understand that I can System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys > and change it there. The problems is that every time I plug and unplug my gaming mouse into the USB port, the keyboard caps lock is reset, and I have to do the...

Hi all, I am learning php/sql coding and would like to manage database within Shell/Command line on Mac but cannot find mysql client on it. Does OSX comes with it pre-built? How do I run it? I have got MySQL database on remote server (gearhost.com) and would like to access it from within...