Finder is your window to the Mac file system. Every time you open Finder, it defaults to the Recents folder. But if you usually save your work in a different folder, you might want to change the button’s default behavior. First, open the Finder app by clicking on the button in the Dock that looks like a face. From the menu bar, click on the. Use similar commands specifying the application location and name followed by “.app” to open any application on your Mac. Open Folder in Terminal. Conversely, if you are in a folder in Finder and want to open it in Terminal, you can easily add a right-click shortcut to do so. Related: How to Add Options to macOS’s Services Menu. Though the best way is to install apps from Mac App Store it has few problems. First, many people confuse iOS App Store with Mac App Store – they are two different stores. Second, there are only few apps available in Mac App Store that will not cater your requirements. This makes you to look for apps from third-party websites.
Terminal User Guide
Each window in Terminal represents an instance of a shell process. The window contains a prompt that indicates you can enter a command. The prompt you see depends on your Terminal and shell preferences, but it often includes the name of the host you’re logged in to, your current working folder, your user name, and a prompt symbol. For example, if a user named michael is using the default zsh shell, the prompt appears as:
This indicates that the user named michael is logged in to a computer named MacBook-Pro, and the current folder is his home folder, indicated by the tilde (~).
Open Terminal
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On your Mac, do one of the following:
- Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Terminal in the search field, then click Terminal.
- In the Finder , open the /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click Terminal.
Quit Terminal
- In the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Quit Terminal.
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Quit a shell session
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- In the Terminal app on your Mac, in the window running the shell process you want to quit, type
exit
, then press Return.
This ensures that commands actively running in the shell are closed. If anything’s still in progress, a dialog appears.
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If you want to change the shell exit behavior, see Change Profiles Shell preferences.
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See alsoApple Support article: Use zsh as the default shell on your MacExecute commands and run tools in Terminal on MacChange the default shell in Terminal on MacOpen new Terminal windows and tabs on MacUse profiles to change the look of Terminal windows on MacApple Developer website: Command Line Primer