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 ...

If you regularly use networks that change your OS X, Linux, or Unix system's host name, you may notice the Terminal command prompt reflect this. Here is how to prevent this from happening. Topher ...

The OS X Terminal opens up a world of powerful UNIX utilities and scripts. If you're migrating from Linux, you'll find many familiar commands work the way you expect. But power users often aren't ...

This runs a continuous ping to Google's DNS, showing real-time information on whether your connection is dropping packets or ...

An operating system that is directed by entering text commands. DOS is an example of a widely used command line operating system. See DOS and command line. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Command Prompt is tagged among the essential tools in Windows computers. This text-based operating system has been in existence since before the official introduction of graphical user interfaces and ...

OS X offers a very nice graphical user interface to verify and repair your hard drive, located in the Utilities folder. It’s called Disk Utility, and you can use it as the first line of defense when ...

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...