• Terminal Tips And Tricks For Macbook Air

Rating 3.43 (7 Votes) This article covers some useful tips and tricks in the Mac OS X terminal. Search for hidden files, Switch between the 32 bit and 64 bit kernel, fixing kernel extensions, enabling NTFS support and more. Finding absolutely anything on your Mac The Spotlight feature doesn't search the Library or hidden locations. Aside from Spotlight feature, OSX also has a Find feature. Unlike Spotlight you can configure OSX's Find feature ( CMD+F) look for system files by performing the following:. Press CMD+F to open the Find window.

Towards the left of the window, just above where the search results would appear, you'll a pull-down menu which says (by default) Kind. Click this, and choose Other. In the window that opens, scroll down, find, and check off System files. Click OK to close the window. Now, you can perform searches which will include System files in the results.

To do this, select the following criteria for your search: System files include. However, even this will not search all files on your Mac (i.e. Items in hidden folders). To search all locations for a file, perform the following:. Open Macintosh HD Applications Utilities Terminal.

In the window that opens, type the following, then press Enter: sudo find / -name '.Bicycles.' .where in-place of Bicycles you enter your search term. You will be presented with a list of file-paths to any items whose file name contains your search term. The search can take a long time to complete. When the command prompt is displayed again (the same one which initially appeared at the top of the Terminal window when you first opened it), you'll know the search has completed. How to tell if you’re running the 32 bit or 64 bit kernel Summary Snow Leopard 10.6 was the first Mac OS X version to ship with a 64 bit kernel. While our Mac has to have a 64 bit processor to utilize that kernel, some 64 bit Macintoshes do not default to using the 64 bit kernel.

Terminal Tips And Tricks For Macbook Air

Note: Not all applications support the 64 bit kernel. When using applications which only support 32-bit kernel mode, be sure you are running your computer using the 32-bit kernel. Method 1. In the upper-left of the screen, select the Apple menu, and choose About this Mac. In the window that opens, click the More Info button. In the Contents pane on the left-hand side of the window that opens, select Software.

On the right, under System Software Overview, if 64-bit Kernel and Extensions is set to No, you are running a 64-bit kernel. Method 2. Open Macintosh HD Applications Utilities Terminal.