Tutorials for learning more about the macOS operating system and the many programs that you can run it.
This tutorial will take you through the steps of installing the Git software on a macOS computer. Git is a version control system that is helpful if you are actively working on coding projects solely or collaboratively. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will go through the different ways you can take a screenshot on a computer running macOS. We will touch on the various methods you can use to capture the screen or part of the screen. Read More...
This tutorial will teach you how to install the Apache web server on macOS. Having Apache installed locally is perfect if you do a fair bit of web development. We touch on some basic configurations as well. Read More...
Within this guide you will be learning how to perform a traceroute on a Mac. This tool allows you to check what routers your connection passes through, with the IP address of each router logged as well as the latency to that router. Read More...
In this tutorial, I will take you through the steps of installing the Nginx web server on macOS. The Nginx is one of the most utilized web server software packages worldwide and is perfect for home web dev. Read More...
In this quick guide you will be learning how to send a ping from your Mac using the terminal. A ping helps you check your network connection by seeing if a destination is reachable then calculating the time it takes to connect. Read More...
This tutorial will teach you how to edit the hosts file on Mac OS. The hosts file is used for DNS lookups before a lookup is made to an external DNS server. This file allows you to set IPs for any hostname. Read More...
This tutorial will show you how to install the PHP programming language on MacOS. You will need the Homebrew package manager installed for this tutorial to work correctly. Luckily, it is relatively straightforward. Read More...
This tutorial will take you through installing the Homebrew package manager on macOS. Homebrew is described as the missing package manager for macOS and is used amongst developers, power users, and anyone else who requires beyond the basics. Read More...
Installing Python to macOS is a little more complicated than some other operating systems but still relatively easy. We will be making use of the popular Homebrew package manager to simplify installing Python to the system. Read More...