When Apple announced the release of Mac OS X, many Mac users were stunned: here was a new operating system based on the venerable Unix, which, they feared, would call into question the Mac’s legendary ...

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 ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Claim your complimentary free cheat sheet, before the offer expires. Get more power over your macOS desktop with the command line. The Terminal app on your Mac desktop puts the Unix command line at ...

If you regularly use networks that change your OS X, Linux, or Unix system's host name, you may notice the Terminal command prompt reflect this. Here is how to prevent this from happening. Topher ...

If you’re one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you’ll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough ...

Navigating the Mac OS X File System — Mac OS X, like most other operating systems, uses a file system to organize files and folders. The basic principle behind this system is that of hierarchy: at the ...