A couple of days ago we discussed some problems that could arise with sizing files with HFS compression. This problem basically arises from there being a lack of consistency in the various utilities ...

In the same "second look" spirit of the previous item, we took another look at the status of using UNIX in Mac OS X (see previous report). Again, we have good news to report. We have expressed concern ...

The OS X Terminal opens up a world of powerful UNIX utilities and scripts. If you're migrating from Linux, you'll find many familiar commands work the way you expect. But power users often aren't ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Matisse.net hosts a list of Unix commands unique to Mac OS X/Darwin. You'll find a lot of good stuff in that list that you might not have been aware of. These are ...

When the world got its first glimpse of Mac OS X six months ago with the release of the Mac OS X beta, cheers erupted across the Internet . . . but not from who you might have expected. While the ...

It didn't receive nearly the same amount of attention as most of the other 299 new features of Mac OS X v10.5, but Leopard adds even more Unixy goodness to Apple's post-Classic operating systems.

When Apple announced the release of Mac OS X, many Mac users were stunned: here was a new operating system based on the venerable Unix, which, they feared, would call into question the Mac’s legendary ...

The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on. Unix can be a viable ...