Intro to OS X

Posix Compliance

  • Stands for Portable Operating System Interface IX (9)
  • Standard for maintaining compatibility between OSes (Windows v. Mac v. Linux)
    • Bash
    • Paths /usr/local/bin
    • Home folders
  • This is one reason why developers choose Mac or Linux

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Spotlight: Cmd + Space
  • Copy and Paste: Cmd + C (C for copy, X for cut) and Cmd + V (paste)
  • Cmd + Shift + 4 - Allows you to take screenshots of any portion of the screen. The mouse will turn into a set of crosshairs which you can use to drag over a portion of the screen to take a screenshot. If you want to capture a screenshot of an entire window press the Space Bar right after using this shortcut. You''ll see a little camera icon and when you click any window the entire window will be saved to your Downloads folder or your Screenshots folder if you have Dropbox installed

Folder Structure

  • Root folder: /
  • User folder: /Users/your-user-name/

Tips and Tricks

  • Force quit: Cmd + Alt + ESC
  • Activity monitor: Search using Spotlight

Sublime Text Keyboard Shortcuts

Some of the most common and important shortcuts youll use are:

  • Cmd + D - Highlight text and then use this shortcut to have sublime highlight every occurrence of the selection within a file
  • Cmd + F - This will open a search bar at the bottom of the screen that''ll let you search for text in a document

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