Mac: It’s no secret that a lot of people really don’t like iTunes, but that doesn’t mean that most of us have bothered to actually replace it. If you really just want a simple way to play some songs from your iTunes library, iTunes-Remote is a command line tool that’s simple to use. Read more…
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iTunes-Remote Controls iTunes Directly from the Command Line
The login screen on a Mac is purposefully devoid of information, but if you’d like to add just a little more info, MacIssues shows you how to with Terminal command. Read more…
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Add an IP Address and OS Version Display to the OS X Login Page
The helpfulness of verifying and repairing file permissions in OS X is debatable , and in OS X El Capitan, Apple’s removed the option from Disk Utility altogether, favoring repairing permissions automatically. Some crazy circumstance might come up where you have to do it manually though, which is why OS X Daily points out the command line method is useful. Read more…
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Verify and Repair Permissions from the Command Line in OS X El Capitan
If you’ve connected to a Wi-Fi network, your computer usually saves that password so you don’t have to enter it in every time. But sometimes you forget that password. To figure out what it is, Digital Inspiration points out that all you need to do is enter in a simple command in the command line. Read more…
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Find the Wi-Fi Password for Your Current Network with the Command Line
As you probably know, formatting a hard drive doesn’t completely erase the data on it. You must overwrite the data to securely destroy it, preferably multiple times. Windows 8 let’s you do this with the format command and the /p parameter. Read more…
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Securely Format a Drive in Windows 8 from the Command Line
If you have an always-on computer at home, like a home server , you probably run the occasional command on it to start a process, troubleshoot something, or otherwise control it through a terminal. DIYer Steve figured out how to run commands on his Raspberry Pi just by sending a text message. Read more…
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Run Terminal Commands on Your Home PC with a Text Message
Windows 8 comes with a couple of new or tweaked commands that may actually be pretty handy if you use the Command Prompt to do things faster on your computer or a bunch of PCs. Read more…
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Learn All the New (and Removed) Windows 8 Command Prompt Tools