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5 articles tagged command line.

Test your Internet speed using macOS’ Ping command

Test your Internet speed using macOS’ Ping command

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 3, 2019

There’s nothing quite as frustrating as slow or intermittent Internet! In this article, I’ll show you how to test the speed and quality of your Internet connection, using MacOS’ built-in ‘ping’ command. And, if you’re struggling to even get online, I’ll also be demonstrating how you can use this command to test whether the connection […]

Update apps and macOS, without ever launching the App Store

Update apps and macOS, without ever launching the App Store

Jessica Thornsby · Nov 20, 2018

The Apple App Store may be the first place many Mac users turn for app and system updates, but there’s plenty of people who aren’t huge fans of the official App Store. Maybe the App Store seems to be running more slowly on your machine; it’s causing your Mac to freeze, or perhaps you’re simply […]

How to search your Terminal history

How to search your Terminal history

Christopher Lee · Nov 8, 2017

The Terminal is one of macOS’ most powerful utilities, but typing into the Terminal can be a time-consuming and frustrating process – especially since it’s not all that unusual for Terminal commands to stretch across multiple lines. To make matters worse, if you reach the end of a command only to realise that you made […]

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