Print Screen on Mac OS
The Mac OS keyboard does not have a print screen button. So this is how to capture your screen on Mac: Hold down Apple key ? + Shift + 3…
Setting up multiple displays on Mac OS
It is now common for users to work with multiple monitors. Laptop users, especially, prefer to work on their laptop screen and an external monitor when at they at work…
Getting Started with HomeBrew
Homebrew is a package manager for Mac OS. Installation Download and install Xcode from Mac store if you don’t already have it installed In a terminal, type the following codexcode-select…
How to modify the host file
Your host file enables your system to override the DNS setting for a domain. This change only affects your system. The syntax of a host file entry is as follows…
How to make scroll bar show in Mac
By default, Mac scroll bars show only after keyboard or trackpad movements. This can be very annoying because often the scroll bar disappears before you can get to it. The…
Installing PHP on Mac OS
Installing PHP is more than just installing the PHP source code on the system. Several libraries are also required to connect to databases, connect to GD, support XML, get LDAP…
Installing and running 7-zip from Mac terminal
You can download unarchiver from Apple store and use the unar command to use 7zip or use homebrew as follows. I am assuming you have homebrew installed. These command update…
Recovering Lost Mac Password
If you lost your mac password, do the following: Fix your root password
Mac OS: Adding a directory to PATH
To see if a directory is in PATH: Note that directories are separated by : symbol. To add your directory to the path, edit your bash_profile: Add the following line…