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title: "I Ignored These Mac Terminal Commands for Years"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ignored-these-mac-terminal-commands-for-years-yudldlfj1
source_url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ignored-these-mac-terminal-commands-for-years-yudldlfj1
type: freeform
source: "Medium Friends"
author: "Tushar Kanjariya"
published: 2026-06-30T17:53:54.358Z
updated: 2026-06-30T17:54:12.988Z
tags: ["productivity", "cli", "mac"]
reading_time: 1
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# I Ignored These Mac Terminal Commands for Years

**[Medium Friends](https://daily.dev/sources/mediumfriends)** · [@tusharkanjariya](https://daily.dev/tusharkanjariya) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A curated list of 10 macOS-specific Terminal commands that many developers overlook, including commands for opening Finder, searching with Spotlight, preventing sleep during deployments, and triggering audio announcements when builds finish.

## Content

I spent years installing tools my Mac already had.

Most of us use the Terminal the same way across Linux and macOS. But macOS ships with a surprisingly useful set of built-in commands that many developers never discover.

In this article, I share **10 commands** that I now use regularly—from opening Finder and searching with Spotlight to preventing sleep during deployments and even making my Mac announce when a build finishes.

If you're a Mac developer, there's a good chance you'll find at least one command you'll start using today.

🔗 [https://medium.com/@TusharKanjariya/i-ignored-these-mac-terminal-commands-for-years-6b18665d468d](https://medium.com/@TusharKanjariya/i-ignored-these-mac-terminal-commands-for-years-6b18665d468d)

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Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac)

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