OS X brings its unique capabilities to the command-line table, in the form of utilities that leverage OS X's user interface, file system, and security capabilities. Here are the best of the best of ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Believe it or not, the Mac GUI can't do everything -- or at least not as quickly or powerfully as these command-line utilities For most casual users, the OS X command line, accessed via the Terminal ...

The OS X Terminal opens up a world of powerful UNIX utilities and scripts. If you're migrating from Linux, you'll find many familiar commands work the way you expect. But power users often aren't ...

Underneath its candy-coated Aqua interface, Mac OS X is based on Unix, an operating system that dates back to 1969. Unix and its archetypal user interface, the command line, look alien to many Mac ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

The Unix roots of Apple’s OS X means the operating system offers a range of performance and troubleshooting features every Mac user should get to know. Many of these tools require use of the Terminal ...

Beneath the fancy operating system on your computer, there is another operating system. It doesn’t have all the glitter of Mac OS X or Windows 8 (or even Windows XP). For that matter, it doesn’t even ...

An operating system that is directed by entering text commands. DOS is an example of a widely used command line operating system. See DOS and command line. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.