There are a number of ways to run maintenance scripts on a Mac. One way is to use the Terminal application. This can be found in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder.
Once open, type “sudo periodic daily” (without the quotes) and hit return. You will be prompted for your password; enter it and hit return again. The script will then run and you will see various lines of text appear in the Terminal window as it does so.
- Assuming that you have already downloaded the maintenance scripts onto your Mac: 1
- Open the Terminal application
- You can find this in the Utilities folder in Applications
- Type cd into the Terminal, followed by a space
- Drag the folder containing the scripts into the Terminal window
- This will automatically fill in the path to the folder
- Press Enter
- To run a script, type
- / and then the name of the script file you want to run
- For example, to run fix_disk_permissions, you would type
- /fix_disk_permissions into Terminal and press Enter
- 3b (optional)
- If you get an error that says “Permission Denied,” you need to give yourself permission to run the file as a program
- To do this, type chmod u+x and then a space
- /scriptnamehere
- For example, if I wanted to make fix_disk_permissions executable, I would type chmod u+x
- /fix_disk_permissions
- Press Enter , then try running 3a again
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How Do I Run a Script Editor on a Mac?
Assuming you would like to learn how to use the Script Editor on a Mac, here are some instructions:
First, open the Applications folder and then click on the Utilities folder. Next, double-click on the Terminal application.
When the Terminal window opens, type in “emacs” and press Enter. This will open up the Script Editor application.
To create a new file, go to File > New.
A blank document will appear where you can start writing your script. Once you’re finished writing your script, go to File > Save As and give your file a name with the “.scpt” extension (for example: myscript.scpt). You can now run your script by going to File > Open and selecting your saved file.
How Do You Access Scripts on a Mac?
Assuming you would like to know how to run a script on a Mac, there are a few different ways depending on the file type.
For example, if you have a shell script, you can open the Terminal application and drag the script into the window. This will print the full path of where the file is located.
Alternatively, you can type “sh” followed by a space and then drag in the file. This will also run the script.
If you have an AppleScript file, double-clicking it should open up Script Editor and allow you to run the code from there.
There are other scripting languages as well that can be used on a Mac such as Python, Ruby, Perl etc. To run these files, generally you will need to install something called an interpreter which will take your code and turn it into commands that your computer can understand. As an example, to run a Python script on a Mac you would need to first install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/.
Then in Terminal you would navigate to where your .py file is located and type “python3 filename.py” which would then execute your code.
How Do I Get a Script to Run on Startup Mac?
Assuming you would like a detailed tutorial on how to get a script to run on startup for MacOS, here are the steps:
1) Open the Automator application. This can be found in the Applications folder, or by searching for it in Spotlight.
2) Create a new document. When prompted, choose “Application” as the type of document.
3) In the search field at the top of the window, type “Run Shell Script”.
This will filter the actions so only those related to running shell scripts are shown.
4) Drag the “Run Shell Script” action from the list into your workflow area on the right side of the Automator window.
5) If you wish, double-click on this new action in your workflow to change its settings.
The options here will let you decide whether or not to show any output from your script in Terminal, and if so, what kind of output to show. For most purposes, leaving these options at their defaults should be fine.
6) Copy/paste or otherwise enter your shell script code into the text area below where it says “Type your script here”.
7) Save your new Automator application with a name like “My Startup Script”, making sure that Application is still selected as your File Format. You can save it anywhere you like; I usually put mine in my Applications folder alongside all my other applications for easy access later if I need to edit it again.
8) Now we just need to tell OS X to run our new application when we login.
To do this, open System Preferences and click on Users & Groups (or Accounts, depending on which version of OS X you’re running).
9) Click on Login Items near the bottom of this preference pane; this will bring up a list of everything currently set to start up automatically when you login (if anything). You may see some items already listed there; feel free to leave them alone unless you want to remove them from startup altogether (in which case select them and click On my next loging: > Remove).
We’re interested in adding our own item now though so click on , navigate to wherever you saved My Startup Script earlier, select it and click Add . That’s all there is too it!
Can You Run a .Sh File on Mac?
Yes, you can run a .sh file on Mac. In order to do so, you will first need to open the Terminal application.
Once Terminal is open, you will need to change the directory to the location of the .sh file using the “cd” command. Once you are in the correct directory, you can type “./filename.sh” in order to run the shell script.
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Terminal Commands to Clean Up Mac
If your Mac is starting to feel sluggish, it might be time for a good ol’ fashioned spring cleaning. Here are some Terminal commands that can help you clean up your Mac and get it running like new again.
1. Clear Your DNS Cache
DNS stands for Domain Name System, and your DNS cache is basically a record of all the websites you’ve visited recently. Over time, this cache can get bloated and start to slow down your web browsing. Luckily, it’s easy to clear out using the Terminal:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say flushed
2. Empty Your Trash
This one is pretty self-explanatory: when you delete a file on your Mac, it doesn’t actually get erased from your hard drive immediately.
Instead, it goes into the Trash folder where it sits until you empty the Trash (or until it’s automatically emptied after 30 days). If you want to get rid of those files right away, just open up the Terminal and type in this command:
rm -rf ~/.
Trash/*
3. Clean Up Log Files
Log files are created every time something happens on your computer, such as when an application crashes or someone tries to access a protected file.
These log files can take up valuable space on your hard drive over time, so it’s a good idea to clean them out every once in awhile. You can do this with the following Terminal command:
cd /var/log && sudo rm -rf *.
log
4. Delete Application Caches and Temporary Files
Every application on your Mac has its own cache of temporary files that gets used to speed up processes like opening documents or loading web pages in Safari. However, these caches can sometimes get too big and start taking up too much space on your hard drive. You can use the following command in Terminal to delete all application caches and temporary files:
Conclusion
Assuming you would like a summary of the blog post titled “How to Run Maintenance Scripts on Mac”:
The post explains how to run maintenance scripts on a Mac computer. The first step is to launch the Terminal application.
Next, the user needs to type in “sudo,” which stands for “superuser do.” After that, they should type in the name of the script they wish to run. Finally, they need to hit the Enter key.
The author notes that some people like to run these scripts regularly, while others only do so when they start having issues with their computer. They also mention that there are many different scripts available, so users can pick and choose which ones they want to run.
