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Tips, tricks, and tutorials for macOS power users and developers.

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macOS is a powerful operating system for developers, offering a Unix-based environment combined with a polished user interface. Getting the most out of your Mac can significantly improve your productivity as a developer.

In this unit, you’ll learn practical tips and tricks for using macOS effectively. We’ll cover essential terminal usage, customizing your Finder with shortcuts like “Open in Terminal” and “Open in VS Code”, managing disk space, fixing common issues like file creation dates, and other macOS-specific tasks that come up regularly in a developer’s workflow.

Whether you’re new to Mac or looking to optimize your existing setup, these tips will help you work more efficiently and make the most of macOS’s capabilities.

Lessons in this unit:

0: ▶︎ Introduction
1: How to use the macOS terminal
2: Productivity gains of using a Mac and an iOS device
3: A way to set up automations in macOS easily
4: How to hide a file or folder in macOS Finder
5: How to install a local SSL certificate in macOS
6: Reverting a file to a previous version, on a Mac
7: Take screenshots as JPG on macOS
8: Convert an image or resize it using macOS Shortcuts
9: Concatenating videos on macOS
10: Fix files creation date in macOS
11: Freeing space on a Mac
12: How to add an “Open in Terminal” icon in macOS Finder
13: How to add an “Open in VS Code” icon in macOS Finder
14: How to find the bundle ID of a Mac app
15: How to Fix the "Your CLT does not support macOS 11" error in macOS
16: How to play a sound from the macOS command line
17: How to remove the shadow from window screenshots in macOS
18: Removing all Homebrew stuff
19: Run a Node.js script from your macOS menu bar