# Useful commands for your Mac

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2024-02-13
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2024/02/13/useful-commands-for-your-mac/
- Categories: essay, technology
- Tags: apple, commandline, commands, mac, manual, techdesk, zsh

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<p>Terminal is one of my favorite applications in the Mac and <a href="/blog/2024/01/19/moving-back-to-a-computer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">I've been getting familiar with zsh</a>. This post is a living post where I will keep updating what I learn on the commandline. </p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Update hostname</h2>
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<p class="is-style-info">What's the hostname? The word that shows up right after your username if you open "Terminal."</p>
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<p>mac OS used to update the hostname when you update the Computer Name: </p>
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<p class="is-style-info">Settings > General > About</p>
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<p>Or under Sharing</p>
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<p class="is-style-info">Settings > General > Sharing > Local hostname</p>
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<p>At least in mac OS 14.3.1, when you update any of these places, it doesn't sync to zsh. </p>
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<p>You can use the following command to change it</p>
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<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>scutil --set HostName &lt;hostname></code></pre>
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<p>That should update it on zsh. </p>
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<p>I am hearing some good things about <a href="https://ohmyz.sh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Oh My Zsh</a>. However, I've not checked it out myself, yet. </p>
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