Cool Mac Terminal Tricks

Terminal is an application I use all the time on Mac OSX. Terminal is the equal of Command Prompt in Windows. These are some really cool tricks you can do in Terminal on your Mac. Enjoy!

Quicksilver Download- http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14831
Play Tetris, Snake and Pong: 1. emacs 2. enter 3. esc 4. x (tetris),(snake) or (pong)

Recent Apps: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
killall Dock

Stack Highlighter: defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
killall Dock

Remove Highlighter: defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean NO
killall Dock

Star Wars: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

2D Dock: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock

3D Dock: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
killall Dock

Sing Song: say -vGood or say -vBad

Quit Finder: defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES

Get Rid Of Quit Finder: defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool NO

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[KrazyBroskie]

apple guy? i thought you were a girl

[xXp0larisXx]

@Boydbme I would thumbs up that... but it has 69 now and I don't want to ruin it.

[danielcutler84]

i like your background how did you get it?

[schimmelpilz33]

This command sets the currently selected screen saver as the desktop background. Use command + c or . to stop while in Terminal. Alternatively you can use wallsaver.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Scr­eenSaver.framework/Resources/S­creenSaverEngine.app/Contents/­MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background

[ctrlaltdelete5]

really you need to write somewhere the things u type, people cant see you puny writing or make out ur mumbling..

[ctrlaltdelete5]

why dont u put annotaions clearly telling us what to type?

[Henkdroid]

Young GLaDoS!!

[kslaopuwmuil]

Where did you learn all this?

[MrGamerPlaya]

@KrazyBroskie Well.... if you slow it down to 1/4 speed you can sorta imagine...

[skatenationplayer18]

hey everyone! i have some cools vids on mac stuff and mine craft! Check me out!

[koolkid8141]

@KrazyBroskie I think he sounds like a girl, but he might just have sore throat.

[codja88]

Without touching yourself...heh.