Very good job. The only thing i see missing is warning people about deleting files with the rm command and that there is no safety net in terminal. Once you tell it to remove a file, its gone no questions asked and not trash can to restore from. I think this is a very important detail for anyone who messes around in terminal to know.
Your videos are so informative and the way you explain the technical stuff really makes it easy to understand. Awesome video and please keep them coming. Excellent work, sir. Really, much appreciated.
As always Great Job. I have one more user use for terminal. When my Mac went haywire, tech support asked me to use terminal. It was very intimidating. Now that I have some idea of what is happening I feel much more comfortable with this process. Thanks.
One thing that I find very useful about MacOS is that you can use the softwareupdate command combined with terminal to download, but not install new updates. An additional nice feature is pmset and terminal which lets you change the power settings.
Even if you don't use Terminal all that often, it pays to know how to use it. You can inadvertently change something you had not wanted. I use it on occasion, even so far as to make my own bash profile. It's nice to have a basic knowledge of it.
Excellent video covering the basics! I think many users don't realize MacOS is now based upon NeXT which was based upon MACH/BSD. To me it's UNIX underpinnings not only give it more stability than Windows but allows Mac users, if they want of course, the ability to play around with and learn UNIX/Linux skills that could be beneficial depending on their jobs. A Mac running UNIX saved everyone in Jurassic Park, you just never know when some shell commands might come in handy! ;)
Amazing video! There is a quicker way to display hidden files though. On finder (or desktop), press " SHIFT + COMMAND + . " (period). To toggle off use the same command.
Great video Gary as usual! As a every day plain user that rely’s on simplicity aka GUI This is totally useless to me however it is interesting unfortunately it reminds me of the good old days of MS-DOS which I dreaded using! I am so thankful we regular humans don’t have to rely on it anymore
I did actually learn something today, even though I have been a shell user since 1975. Before there was google, there was Bell Laboratories :), anyway, I'm surprised you didn't show a drag and drop from finder into a command line - helpful for example when creating a Mac OS install USB stick :) Google is nothing more than a commercialized Bell Labs, who may eventually experience the same fate ....
@@fledgling5616 In brief, the alias command enables you to provide shortcuts to longer commands that you frequently use. Perhaps Gary can create a video that gives several examples of aliases: how to construct them, where to store them in your system, and what happens when they are invoked.
@@rdfuhr is this something that you use more for fun than for practical application? I’m referring to the terminal in general I suppose. What’s an example of something you’d want an alias for that makes more sense to use than the GUI?
@@fledgling5616 I do use aliases for some practical tasks, including quickly switching to commonly-used directories, and invoking the ssh command to access other computers. Your practical applications may be different than those. In addition to using aliases, I also use the terminal to quickly create or edit text files. Finally I use the terminal to edit and run Python code.
I've always been afraid of Terminal. I think of it as talking to the computer directly and it's unforgiving. There's no "undo." I avoid it all the time.
I have the zsh in Ventura. I have the photoshop, the phpmyadmin, the Apple Pages, installed. However, how can I know this from the terminal? Is there a way to also know if the application is installed, which version is it? I need to know so I can install properly the Laravel or the npm and node.js. Any suggestion, please?
Great video, Gary! Don’t know if there is such a thing but is there a command that shows ALL processes running on the Mac, other than TOP that I guess just shows the top processes like Activity Monitor?
Activity Monitor is probably your best bet, since it will show everything and update it. Using "ps aux" in Terminal shows you everything, but it is a snapshot, not something continuously updating.
Gary, I’m going to look into some of those commands, Thanks. On another note, did you make any videos on how to setup a Time Machine backup recuring task to a constantly connected Synology NAS? If not, perhaps someone in the audience could direct me to a good video? I tried both the Apple and Synology solutions but they don’t seem to be dependable because I get the "Could not connect to server error" upon every one of my macbook Pro (Big Sur) boots.
Is that your user account name? So for both of us it is showing the same thing: our user account name. There are ways to change that in the shell settings, but I don't remember them offhand. Search for "shell prompt name change" and things like that.
Hi Gary. My old MacBook Pro is dead. I can’t start the computer, I can only access to Disk Utility (my hard drive is dead). I can’t use Time Machine, too late and there is no way to open it. Using an external hard drive - no way - I tried this years ago it doesn’t work (only pro with expensive softwares can do something). Target disk mode... I don’t have two Mac computers. So, I will just change the hard drive and lose everything... no big deal after all. There is only one thing I need - two names with email adress, phone numbers, etc. It’s on a TextEdit file. Is there a way I can read this file just once on the terminal ? P.S. : I don’t know anything about computers.
If you can access the drive in recovery mode (you said you can access "Disk Utility" so I assume that means in recovery mode) then you can also get to Terminal there and find that file if the drive is accessible. Hard to give you instructions you since you say "I don’t know anything about computers" so perhaps find a friend or go to an expert that can help to use Terminal to get to the file.
The man page for bc is better than most, but man pages in general are not as good as tutorials and examples you can find on websites. At least for non-coders.
Very good job. The only thing i see missing is warning people about deleting files with the rm command and that there is no safety net in terminal. Once you tell it to remove a file, its gone no questions asked and not trash can to restore from. I think this is a very important detail for anyone who messes around in terminal to know.
You're very thorough and have a pleasant way of explaining thing. Thank you.
Your videos are so informative and the way you explain the technical stuff really makes it easy to understand. Awesome video and please keep them coming. Excellent work, sir. Really, much appreciated.
A useful and very informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
As always Great Job. I have one more user use for terminal. When my Mac went haywire, tech support asked me to use terminal. It was very intimidating. Now that I have some idea of what is happening I feel much more comfortable with this process. Thanks.
One thing that I find very useful about MacOS is that you can use the softwareupdate command combined with terminal to download, but not install new updates. An additional nice feature is pmset and terminal which lets you change the power settings.
Even if you don't use Terminal all that often, it pays to know how to use it. You can inadvertently change something you had not wanted. I use it on occasion, even so far as to make my own bash profile. It's nice to have a basic knowledge of it.
Excellent video covering the basics! I think many users don't realize MacOS is now based upon NeXT which was based upon MACH/BSD. To me it's UNIX underpinnings not only give it more stability than Windows but allows Mac users, if they want of course, the ability to play around with and learn UNIX/Linux skills that could be beneficial depending on their jobs. A Mac running UNIX saved everyone in Jurassic Park, you just never know when some shell commands might come in handy! ;)
Amazing video! There is a quicker way to display hidden files though. On finder (or desktop), press " SHIFT + COMMAND + . " (period). To toggle off use the same command.
That is just meant to be an example of how to control system settings with the Terminal.
Great video Gary as usual! As a every day plain user that rely’s on simplicity aka GUI
This is totally useless to me however it is interesting unfortunately it reminds me of the good old days of MS-DOS which I dreaded using! I am so thankful we regular humans don’t have to rely on it anymore
Thanks, Gary! Just learned a few more commands.
I did actually learn something today, even though I have been a shell user since 1975. Before there was google, there was Bell Laboratories :), anyway, I'm surprised you didn't show a drag and drop from finder into a command line - helpful for example when creating a Mac OS install USB stick :) Google is nothing more than a commercialized Bell Labs, who may eventually experience the same fate ....
Don't you know Gary what terminal is I'll show you some day when I've finished watching all your videos
your video is really helpful thank you. nice video.
Another useful feature of Terminal (which may require a MacMost video of its own to discuss) is the alias command.
What’s it do?
@@fledgling5616 In brief, the alias command enables you to provide shortcuts to longer commands that you frequently use. Perhaps Gary can create a video that gives several examples of aliases: how to construct them, where to store them in your system, and what happens when they are invoked.
@@rdfuhr is this something that you use more for fun than for practical application? I’m referring to the terminal in general I suppose. What’s an example of something you’d want an alias for that makes more sense to use than the GUI?
@@fledgling5616 I do use aliases for some practical tasks, including quickly switching to commonly-used directories, and invoking the ssh command to access other computers. Your practical applications may be different than those. In addition to using aliases, I also use the terminal to quickly create or edit text files. Finally I use the terminal to edit and run Python code.
@@rdfuhr nice. Is it difficult to access another computer? I have two MacBook pros, could I use terminal on one to access another?
I've always been afraid of Terminal. I think of it as talking to the computer directly and it's unforgiving. There's no "undo." I avoid it all the time.
Thanks bunches
I have the zsh in Ventura. I have the photoshop, the phpmyadmin, the Apple Pages, installed. However, how can I know this from the terminal? Is there a way to also know if the application is installed, which version is it? I need to know so I can install properly the Laravel or the npm and node.js. Any suggestion, please?
I would ask support for that app about this. I'm not using "Laravel" so I don't know.
I didn't understand a words you said!
pwd = Present Working Directory
Great video, Gary! Don’t know if there is such a thing but is there a command that shows ALL processes running on the Mac, other than TOP that I guess just shows the top processes like Activity Monitor?
Activity Monitor is probably your best bet, since it will show everything and update it. Using "ps aux" in Terminal shows you everything, but it is a snapshot, not something continuously updating.
@@macmost Wow! ps aux is even better! That’s what I’m looking for. Thanks Gary!!
Gary, I’m going to look into some of those commands, Thanks.
On another note, did you make any videos on how to setup a Time Machine backup recuring task to a constantly connected Synology NAS? If not, perhaps someone in the audience could direct me to a good video? I tried both the Apple and Synology solutions but they don’t seem to be dependable because I get the "Could not connect to server error" upon every one of my macbook Pro (Big Sur) boots.
I'd contact Synology for support on that. It should just work.
Great job!!!
Does it it come pre-installed and is it Dangerous, is it safe to unistall?
The Terminal app? It is part of macOS. You can't uninstall it. If you don't know how to use it or don't want to use it, just don't use it.
On your terminal it says macmost@ how where you able to change it to say "macmost" mine currently says "appleuser@" and I want to change it. Thanks!
Is that your user account name? So for both of us it is showing the same thing: our user account name. There are ways to change that in the shell settings, but I don't remember them offhand. Search for "shell prompt name change" and things like that.
Hi Gary. My old MacBook Pro is dead. I can’t start the computer, I can only access to Disk Utility (my hard drive is dead). I can’t use Time Machine, too late and there is no way to open it. Using an external hard drive - no way - I tried this years ago it doesn’t work (only pro with expensive softwares can do something). Target disk mode... I don’t have two Mac computers. So, I will just change the hard drive and lose everything... no big deal after all.
There is only one thing I need - two names with email adress, phone numbers, etc. It’s on a TextEdit file. Is there a way I can read this file just once on the terminal ?
P.S. : I don’t know anything about computers.
If you can access the drive in recovery mode (you said you can access "Disk Utility" so I assume that means in recovery mode) then you can also get to Terminal there and find that file if the drive is accessible. Hard to give you instructions you since you say "I don’t know anything about computers" so perhaps find a friend or go to an expert that can help to use Terminal to get to the file.
LMK when macOS Terminal gets something like Emmet / Autocomplete. Then we have real speed.
Thx :)
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It is a place for my traumas
Nice video. BC looks cool. But there’s no need to google to get help to use it. BC has a man page.
The man page for bc is better than most, but man pages in general are not as good as tutorials and examples you can find on websites. At least for non-coders.
Life’s too short to grapple with this nerd-toy. Who needs it? And it sounds very dangerous too.