Use the command sudo softwareupdate -l to list all available updates. This command will prompt you for your administrator password and then display the updates. Install All Available Updates: To ...

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 ...

For Mac geeks who want to learn more about using the command line, Wil Limoges offers this basic tip for creating and deleting files in Terminal. I as a web developer I personally love to keep a ton ...

Good news for 2011 MacBook Air and 2011 Mac mini owners, here’s a refreshed tutorial that enables Continuity on those machines as well. No hardware upgrade is required on these Macs. Handoff, Instant ...

Mac OS X only: Those who frequently need a Terminal up and running can do better than a free-floating window that gets in the way. With the Visor bundle installed, your Terminal pops out from any spot ...

Even though you can't see them, invisible files are critical to the operation of your Mac. For example, Apple typically makes certain files invisible to reduce the chance that the files are ...

As a partner in a Web development company, one of my jobs is to manage several Windows and Linux servers. Since I rarely have physical access to any of that hardware, I rely on LogMeIn much of the ...

If you are into troubleshooting (and given that you are here at MacFixIt, it's likely that you are), you'll find a wealth of welcome goodies in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). If I were to make a list of ...

Hot on the heels of the Apple IIe-into-a-Linux-terminal tutorial we posted the other day, here's another mix of retro and modern-- Byte Cellar has hooked up an old Apple IIc (or //c if you spin that ...