Desktop Mac. 5 Useful Terminal Commands For Mac
The Terminal application in your Mac is a window to the internal working of the system, and it can allow you to change a lot of settings, and access a multitude of features, if you know how to do it. In this article, I’m going to introduce you to some neat commands that will allow you to access a ton of hidden features and capabilities on your Mac. Note: Some changes might need a restart (or at least a log out, log in) to take effect, especially the ones where we are editing default values. Create Disk Image From Folder Contents If nothing else, disk images can be incredibly useful to keep files as a restorable image that you can restore on will. It’s something like TimeMachine. The command you need to create a disk image from the contents of a folder is: hdiutil create -volname 'VolumeName' -srcfolder /path/to/folder -ov diskimage.dmg I have a folder called Beebom, where I save all the screenshots for the various articles I write. Let’s create a disk image from that.
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Hdiutil create -volname 'BeebomImage' -srcfolder /Beebom -ov Beebom.dmg 2. Burn Disk Images to DVD If your Mac has a DVD drive, or if you use an external DVD RW drive, you can burn images to a DVD using the command line. It’s a simple one line command: hdiutl burn /path/to/image If I was to burn the Beebom.dmg image on a DVD, I would use the command as: hdiutl burn /Beebom.dmg Note: This command works for.dmg,.iso and.img files. Write Disk Image to Volume You can write the data in a disk image to a Volume. You’ll have to format the volume first, though. The command is.