Tag: Mac OS

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…

Installing VirtualBox

A virtual machine is a a software that allows users to install multiple operating systems within an operating system. For example, if you are running Mac OS, you can install…

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…

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…

Changing keyboard on a mac

Click on the Apple logo and select “System Preferences” Click on “International” icon on “System Preferences” window. Click on “Input Menu” Make sure that “Show input menu in menu bar”…

Creating public/private keys

To create your public / private key on Linux or Mac, which is a unix-based system, following these steps: Open terminal type the following commandssh-keygen -t rsa Type enter to…