If you use Terminal in other ways to make things faster or easier, let us know in the comments! How to use macOS Terminal and what it’s useful for© Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge ...

Once upon a time, using Linux without the terminal was unthinkable. Now? For average users, the terminal is totally optional.

Once the Terminal app is open, you can begin typing commands. We’ll go over the commands you’ll need to use to navigate through the directory structure on macOS and UNIX-based systems below.

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