The ping command basically sends out some data packets to a given network address and times the response time. If you type the command without any arguments, you will be shown the last 16 commands entered. Your terminal is keeping a track of all of those command that you have been typing. Transfer Data From The Internet : curlĪnother very useful command that I use in many of my tutorials that can be used for grabbing data from remote computers. You may not be aware that it is also accessible from the terminal. You may already be aware that your Mac has a screen capture program that you can find by using spotlight. Capture Screen To An Image : screencapture What you choose to get your Mac to say is your prerogative… 😆 Read more… 6.

Your Mac has a fantastic text to speech synthesis engine built in that can be manipulated by the terminal command say. Your terminal will give you a persistent reminder that it is time to leave, whether that be the end of your work day or perhaps if you keep staying up until morning doing some kinda Matrix coding. $ cal year]ĭid you know it is possible to display a very authentic calendar in the terminal? If you need to know the date, simply type cal to display the calendar. Most command line users are familiar with the cp command for copying files and directories, however Mac OS X has the ‘ditto’ function as an alternative. However the quickest and easiest way is to use the caffeinate command! Read more… 2. Sure there are apps you can download and install to do this. There are certain circumstances where it is very useful to stop a Mac from sleeping.

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