This article was first written in late 2002. Beachhead 2020 mac os. Since then, more than a few things have changed.
For one thing, Apple apparently saw the light and stopped using tcsh as their default shell, so if you've bought a newer Mac, your Terminal will use Bash automatically.
They've also moved to Intel chips. I bought a MacBook Pro,and sold the iBook to someone on eBay. The use of Intel chips allows virtualization of x86 operating systems through products like Parallels Workstation. That lets me run Linux and Windows as guest OSes. You can do that with the Motorola chips too, but it requires emulation, which makes it much slower.
There are some disquieting aspects to the Intel change. As I write this, Apple is yet to release kernel source for the Intel version (Mac OS X uses a Darwin core that has been open source until now). While they have yet to say that they are NOT going to release it, the suspicion is that they are holding back from fear of clones on ordinary Intel hardware. That could be very dangerous to Apple's sales, but the threat may not be as great as it might seem: Apple controls the hardware very tightly and their OS code can be strongly slanted toward Apple designs. There are also large parts of Mac OS X that cannot be legally copied. It might even be good for Apple if there were Intel clones running an inferior rake-off based on Darwin code.
There have been many other changes too, including more work in the way daemons are started and controlled.
And we can't forget all the patches and bug fixes. Particularly we need to remember that although we as Mac users have less to fear from viri and malware, we are not immune, and as Macs become more popular the danger increases. We'll likely never reach the level that Windows has (and Windows itself should be less vulnerable with Vista), but complacent over confidence is dangerous.
For one thing, Apple apparently saw the light and stopped using tcsh as their default shell, so if you've bought a newer Mac, your Terminal will use Bash automatically.
They've also moved to Intel chips. I bought a MacBook Pro,and sold the iBook to someone on eBay. The use of Intel chips allows virtualization of x86 operating systems through products like Parallels Workstation. That lets me run Linux and Windows as guest OSes. You can do that with the Motorola chips too, but it requires emulation, which makes it much slower.
There are some disquieting aspects to the Intel change. As I write this, Apple is yet to release kernel source for the Intel version (Mac OS X uses a Darwin core that has been open source until now). While they have yet to say that they are NOT going to release it, the suspicion is that they are holding back from fear of clones on ordinary Intel hardware. That could be very dangerous to Apple's sales, but the threat may not be as great as it might seem: Apple controls the hardware very tightly and their OS code can be strongly slanted toward Apple designs. There are also large parts of Mac OS X that cannot be legally copied. It might even be good for Apple if there were Intel clones running an inferior rake-off based on Darwin code.
There have been many other changes too, including more work in the way daemons are started and controlled.
And we can't forget all the patches and bug fixes. Particularly we need to remember that although we as Mac users have less to fear from viri and malware, we are not immune, and as Macs become more popular the danger increases. We'll likely never reach the level that Windows has (and Windows itself should be less vulnerable with Vista), but complacent over confidence is dangerous.
The cat (short for concatenate) command is one of the most frequently used flexible commands on Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Unix,.BSD (FreeBSD / OpenBSD / NetBSD) operating systems. The cat command is used for: Display text file on screen. Installations of other versions of Mac OS or OSX (roughly) follow the same path. NOTE: When trying to install Mac OS 9.0.4 you need to make sure to use a version that contains a Mac OS ROM version 5.6 or above. Also make sure to set the -M parameter to -M mac99. If you need to boot from a real CD, see the section Booting from a real CD below. Lately, I decided to buy a Mac. And since mid Feb 2016 I own a Mac Mini mid 2007 (macmini2,1). A second hand one. While working with Lion, I discovered it's not supported any more and looking for a way to get it running on a newer version of OS X, I stumbled upon SFOTT. I decided to give it a try.
Macs seem to be becoming more popular with the tech crowd. I have noticed more than a few folks using Mac laptops at trade shows and technical seminars. Now and then I ride the train to Boston and I've sat next to people using Macs more than once.
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Eat it mac os. The presence of Unix underneath is certainly attractive for folks who want it. I think in some ways it's more interesting to the older Unix types. the pace of change in Linux is sometimes too much for us, and the cavalier changes to commands can be upsetting. I like Linux, but the BSD base of Mac OS X is like comfortable old shoes.
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This was the first Mac OS X article I wrote, but you'll find a good number of other Mac related articles here now.
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By the way, if you are completely unfamilar with Unix command line interfaces, you can get a very complete and basic introduction from Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal. That's an inexpensive PDF book that starts by assuming no knowledge whatsoever. It explains everything you need to know to make use of OS X Terminal.