Difference between revisions of "MacOS Tips and Tricks"

Revision as of 14:37, 4 February 2021

The information here is surely well-known to macOS users, but might be useful if you are just a beginner.

.NET Core and/or .NET 5.0+ installation: See Install .NET on macOS.; If you use the installer, the instructions from Microsoft are missing the steps needed to setup the .NET search path. Use the following commands:; export DOTNET_ROOT=/usr/local/share/dotnet; export PATH=$PATH:$DOTNET_ROOT

Copy&paste and drag&drop in Terminal: Right-click in the terminal gives gives a menu with contextual commands, including Copy and Paste.; You can select text with mouse, and drag it to input prompt location.; Simply selecting a text with a mouse automatically copies it to the clipboard.; Keyboard shortcut for Paste is Shift+Command+V. If you are running macOS in a VM on Windows, use the Windows key instead of the Command key.

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 ; Downloading files in Terminal
 : Use command <code>curl -O <URL></code>.
+; Unpacking TGZ files in Terminal
+: Use command <code>tar -xvzf <filename></code>.
 ; Copy&paste and drag&drop in Terminal
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 : You can select text with mouse, and drag it to input prompt location.
 : Simply selecting a text with a mouse automatically copies it to the clipboard.
-: Keyboard shortcut for Paste is {{Style=shortcut|xxxx}}. If you are running macOS in a VM on Windows, use the {{Style=shortcut|Windows}} key
+: Keyboard shortcut for Paste is {{Style=shortcut|Shift+Command+V}}. If you are running macOS in a VM on Windows, use the {{Style=shortcut|Windows}} key instead of the {{Style=shortcut|Command}} key.