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 ...

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 ...

When these administrative command line tools stop functioning, it indicates a major problem with either the core system or the filesystem. This is especially true if the problems are coupled with ...