Inside Homebrew: How to get the best open source software on Mac, for free

Homebrew is the best source for open source software yet, and makes installation easy. Here's what Homebrew is, how it works, ...
How-To Geek on MSN

The Homebrew package manager just got a big update

Homebrew, the popular package manager for macOS and Linux, just released its big 5.0 update. The new version has faster downloads, improved hardware support, and an important security change for Mac ...
XDA Developers on MSN

7 command-line tools that will automate your daily tasks on any OS

We're big proponents of "work smarter, not harder" here at XDA, and that means figuring out how to automate as much of our ...
Ars Technica

Which language to use for writing command-line tools?

I am trying to decide which language to use to implement some open-source, cross-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux) command-line tools. My plan until recently was to use Python. Development in Python is ...
Lifehacker

Useful Command Line Tricks for Mac Users

Click to viewThat Mac you're viewing this web page on using a pretty graphical interface? That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced ...
CNET

How to apply OS X software updates from the command line

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...
Macworld

Aqua for Command-Line Tools released

Marc Moini has released Aqua for Command-Line Tools 1.0, a utility aimed at simplify access to technology ordinarily restricted to the command line interface accessed through Mac OS X’s Terminal ...