Problems with iMac SuperDrive Update? MacFixIt reader Marnik reports that the recently release iMac SuperDrive firmware update disabled Toast 5.2's functionality, and ceased his drive's ability to ...

Maybe it’s out of habit, but while there is an abundance of free PC repair tools, I still fire up Windows' Command Prompt first when my PC isn’t running well. IT pros and power users seem to agree on ...

Command Prompt is one of the most valuable tools in Windows as it allows developers to test their codes, allows users to flash custom ROMs, pings their WiFi networks, changes a number of hidden ...

PowerShell has taken the Windows command line to the next level. It’s not just for automating admin tasks, but also for ...

Much to the chagrin of those who would like to malign the Linux operating system, it's actually quite easy to use. Thanks to modern GUI desktop environments and applications, anyone can jump into the ...

Modern network connectivity is light years ahead of what it once was. Even though it's much more reliable than it was in the 1990s, issues still come up -- which is why I'm glad that Linux includes a ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...

If you want to use the command-line version of Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) on a Windows 11/10 computer, here is how you can do that. It is suitable for remote diagnostics of ...

Click for a PDF with this and four other essential Linux articles. And, if you’ve ever heard anyone say that for Unix, everything is a file, you might not be too surprised to learn that lsof works ...

Apple crippling command line functions Mac OS X 10.2.2? A Tenon Intersystems Engineer told MacFixIt that Apple has inexplicably removed a valuable feature (for some users), in Mac OS X 10.2.2 - the ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...