Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The old ways of computing aren’t gone yet. The old ways of computing aren’t gone yet. With each operating system ...

Apple's Terminal app is getting a visual refresh in macOS Tahoe, and it's the first notable design update since the command-line tool debuted. The updated Terminal will support 24-bit color and ...

ZDNET key takeaways A drop-down terminal makes for an efficient CLI.MacOS doesn't include a built-in drop-down terminal.With ...

Secure Copy is a UNIX standard used to transfer files from one computer to another. He's how to use the function in macOS, all via the Terminal window. Before personal computers, there were mainframe ...

Property lists are essentially XML files with a .plist extension. Here's how to edit them using the command line in the macOS Terminal app. XML is an open data format which gained popularity in the ...

Editor’s note September 18, 2025: This no longer works with the official release of macOS 26. This can still work with early Tahoe betas. If you attempt to perform it in the official release of Tahoe, ...