We’re going to look at a nice tool built into OSX that we can invoke in the command line, diskutil. In this post, we are going to be looking specifically at partitioning, formatting, and erasing disks. There are quite a…
What is fsck? fsck is a command you can use to check your filesystem. The command will invoke one of the following: fsck_hfs, fsck_msdos, fsck_exfat, and fsck_udf, depending on your filesystem type. If the filesystem type is not one of…
On a Mac, how do you make folder and file “shortcuts”? Say you have a folder somewhere, and you want a quick and easy way to access it from your desktop or another area. You probably want to make a…
In terms of moving, deleting, and creating files, there are a bunch of basic commands you should know. But first, here is are some shortcuts you should remember: . denotes the current directory. We will use this below, say if we…
You can control your computer remotely by using ssh, a nifty command that allows you to connect to other computers and servers over a network. One great use is to set up your Mac for it, then you can control your…
While typing in terminal, if there’s a particularly long command line that you’re typing you can open up a text editor and work in there by pressing the following while in terminal: ctrl+X, ctrl+E This allows you to edit and add…
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