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macOS (formerly known as OS X or Mac OS X) is the desktop operating system from Apple, found on Macintosh computers. Use this tag only if your question relates to using macOS APIs or macOS-specific behavior, not because you happen to run your code on macOS. Questions relating to using or troubleshooting macOS are off-topic and belong in the Ask Different community instead.

macOS (formerly known as OS X until 2016 and Mac OS X until 2012) is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers.

Use this tag for questions about writing and debugging programs on macOS. Questions relating to using or troubleshooting macOS are off-topic (use apple.stackexchange.com instead).

macOS() consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD (), and additional frameworks (written in C (), C++ (), Objective-C () and Swift () providing user interface and application-level services.

It was the successor to Mac OS 9. macOS is based upon the NeXTSTEP and OpenStep operating systems developed in the 1980s and 1990s by NeXT Inc., which Apple purchased in 1996.

Versions

  • Current macOS Big Sur
  • macOS Catalina 10.15.1
  • macOS Mojave 10.14.1
  • macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  • macOS Sierra (10.12)
  • OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  • OS X Yosemite (10.10)
  • OS X Mavericks (10.9)
  • OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
  • OS X Lion (10.7)
  • OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)
  • OS X Leopard (10.5)
  • OS X Tiger (10.4)
  • OS X Panther (10.3)
  • OS X Jaguar (10.2)
  • OS X Cheetah (10.1)
  • OS X Puma (10.0)

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OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget

How can I do an HTTP GET from a Un*x shell script on a stock OS X system? (installing third-party software is not an option, for this has to run on a lot of different systems which I don't have control on). For example if I start the Mercurial…
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How to run a shell script on a Unix console or Mac terminal?

I know it, forget it and relearn it again. Time to write it down.
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Set environment variables on Mac OS X Lion

When someone says "edit your .plist file" or "your .profile" or ".bash_profile" etc, this just confuses me. I have no idea where these files are, how to create them if I have to do that, etc, and also why there seem to be so many different ones…
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How to completely uninstall Android Studio on Mac?

I recently downloaded Android Studio on my Macbook Pro and I messed up with it every time I open it. It gives me plugin errors and several other errors. I need to uninstall it completely from my mac. I tried to delete it from my mac and then install…
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Mongod complains that there is no /data/db folder

I am using my new mac for the first time today. I am following the get started guide on the mongodb.org up until the step where one creates the /data/db directory. btw, I used the homebrew route. So I open a terminal, and I think I am at what you…
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Installing ADB on macOS

I had issues finding a good solid tutorial on how to setup ADB for Mac. How can I add ADB to macOS in such a way that it can be used in the terminal? UPDATE For those reading this post. Yes, as the edited response says. I was at the time looking…
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bash: pip: command not found

I downloaded pip and ran python setup.py install and everything worked just fine. The very next step in the tutorial is to run pip install but before it even tries to find anything online I get an error "bash: pip: command not…
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OS X Terminal Colors

I'm new to OS X, having just gotten a Mac after working with Ubuntu Linux for some time. Among the many things I'm trying to figure out is the absence of colors in my terminal window - like the ones that are shown (on Linux) when running ls -la or…
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Postgres could not connect to server

After I did brew update and brew upgrade, my postgres got some problem. I tried to uninstall postgres and install it again, but it didn't work as well. This is the error message. (I also got this error message when I try to do rake db:migrate) $…
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Installation Issue with matplotlib Python

I have issue after installing the matplotlib package unable to import matplotlib.pyplot as plt. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciate. >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in…
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psql: FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist

I'm a postgres novice. I installed the postgres.app for mac. I was playing around with the psql commands and I accidentally dropped the postgres database. I don't know what was in it. I'm currently working on a tutorial:…
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How to install Xcode Command Line Tools

How do I get the command-line build tools installed with the current Xcode/Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later? Unlike Xcode there is no installer, it's just a bundle. It looks like all the command line tools are in the bundle, under…
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How do I determine if my python shell is executing in 32bit or 64bit?

I need a way to tell what mode the shell is in from within the shell. While I'm primarily an OS X user, I'd be interested in knowing about other platforms as well. I've tried looking at the platform module but it seems only to tell you about "about…
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Using Caps Lock as Esc in Mac OS X

How do I make Caps Lock work like Esc in Mac OS X?
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SQL Client for Mac OS X that works with MS SQL Server

How can I connect to a remote SQL server using Mac OS X? I don't really need a GUI, but it would be nice to have for the color coding and resultset grid. I'd rather not have to use a VM. Is there a SQL client for Mac OS X that works with MS SQL…
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