How To Make Your Boring Mac Terminal So Much Better

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey guys! Wanted to point out that you have to be using the zsh shell which runs by default in macOS Catalina or later for this tutorial to work. To check if you are using zsh, you can run “echo $0” in your terminal and the output will tell you the name of your shell. If you are looking for the “.zshrc” file within Finder, navigate to your home folder and press “Command” + “Shift” + “.” to see your hidden files. Also, if you already had a zshrc file setup with specific configurations and follow this tutorial and they get overwritten, Oh-My-Zsh will save your original zshrc file here: “~/.zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh”. To undo everything you can use: “uninstall_oh_my_zsh”. Hope that helps!

[@barche75]

Great video thanks a lot, how did you do hot-key visualisation on screen?

[@joseanmartinez]

@@barche75 Hey! Thanks, really appreciate it! For showing my key presses, I use a macbook app called Keystroke Pro.

[@JustinMacri007]

@@joseanmartinezwant to be freinds what's your contact?

[@jacobsidian]

Thanks for the additional comment, this is where I got stuck 😅

[@JustinMacri007]

@@joseanmartinezlet's be freinds what's your contact?

[@madhavanand756]

My one stop guide for terminal setup. Concise, Clear and to the point video.

[@ghost_cipher]

This was a brilliantly concise video! I loved the theme you created!! 10/10

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey! Really happy to hear the video was helpful and you are enjoying the theme! Appreciate the feedback.

[@oscarmvl]

Just what I was looking for, a simple way to make zsh look awesome without investing many hours into it. Thank you!

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome! Happy to hear the video was helpful!

[@JohnAcree-gh3vu]

I know this an older video and you have a more recent one, but I found this one first, I just finished it and it was so incredibly helpful! I am brand new and just started learning to code. You explained all of the steps brilliantly and my terminal is SO much easier to look at and work in. Thank you!

[@arny_FPS]

never wrote a line of code, or used terminal in my life - until today. Complete beginning starting out, and this was really easy to follow. Thank you for the supporting website with step by step instructions and the commands to copy. Great work

[@GershonBenYitzhak]

Before I watched the video, I knew this would be something like "use iterm2, zsh, and powerlevel10k". The plugins in the end were awesome, will be using all three of those

[@groovc]

Literally one of the best tutorials. Clear, concise, and genuinely useful. Thank you!

[@AlokTripathi]

One stop terminal setup for Macbook! Great job and your blogpost is pretty Neat. Thanks for saving time.

[@TXLogic]

Oh, one other thing: an alternative to the right arrow key for zsh command completion is the Emacs key equivalent CTRL-f. By my lights this is preferable to right arrow because you don't have to move your right hand out of position. (The fact that Apple preserved the ability to have Emacs CTRL- command line shortcuts in the terminal was one of the things that motivated my switch from Linux to OS X a couple decades ago!)

[@fundybanjos]

thanks for that comment! I remember reading it a few months ago and not really doing anything with it, but trying to hit the right arrow all the time was really annoying. I've been trying to search for a solution but I couldn't find one and then remembered your comment and just came back to this video. Also, this video is great btw, thanks Josean, I'm enjoying this iterm setup. I tried following your nvim video but ran into some issues with changes since you made the video and because I'm new to nvim it was kinda difficult to follow and understand everything in the setup. I may have also had an issue because I already tried to install the nvim kickstarter setup BEFORE trying to follow along with your video, and maybe there were some issues with compatibility of those two setups. Not sure if that's an issue but maybe explaining how to get to a base setup before following along with your nvim setup might be helpful. I don't' know a lot about that setup though so I could be wrong. Was just a bit frustrating.

[@askmahesh]

Awesome video. I had been searching for tutorials to make my terminal more exciting to use. By far the best tutorial and clear instructions. Thanks

[@jasontahaney285]

Thanks so much for putting this together and for sharing your setup! Always loved developing on the terminal and now love it even more!

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback!

[@TutorIsland]

The quality of this video and its content is through the roof 🔥 Thank you, Sir 🎩

[@youvegotmail9385]

yeah. this dude's about to kill it. extremely impressed.

[@TheTeaParty320]

Your explanations are super clear. I followed it to the tee and it worked perfectly. I would suggest doing an explanation on the functions of each of the packages you've used for clarity for newbies like me.

[@chaitanyashahare2734]

This was the best video which taught everything about setting up iterm2 in just 1 video especially for a beginner like me small things like linking all the commands and everything it does for future reference was a great way. Thanks for this amazing tutorial, looking forward to watching your videos on setting up neovim and its workflows.

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey! Really happy to hear that! Thank you for your feedback and I’m glad I could help! I’m currently working on the neovim video, taken me longer than I had planned but hoping to get it done very soon.

[@priyamkundu4767]

Hey bro you posted this video at the right time thanks 👍 I would comment for this video

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome! Glad I could help!

[@GirishBalanagu]

Awesome video. I always want to use colors to my terminal and this was very easy you made this al together. Thanks for explaining each step and providing us a documented steps as well. 👍

[@CyberNinja-p1t]

OMG, bro thanks for the amazing content now i am happy with my new shell, thanks a lot brother

[@Xzizia92]

"If you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough" - Well sir you explained it as if it was 1+1=2, which goes to show that you know what you are talking about! Thanks a lot for this video, very useful and extremely easy to follow, understand and implement. 5 starts :)

[@sumitdube2468]

Thanks alot Sir! Your videos help us alot to be more productive on the machine! Just watched the yabai and iterm2 video and setup my new mac, loving the feel all because of you!

[@scode-codeaddict]

Excellent tutorial! Clear, concise, and very much helpful!

[@AngrejKumar]

Awesome man, simple and cool, keep doing the great work

[@iamhoracio]

So grateful that youtube’s algorithm took me to your channel!

[@killinginside7601]

So far the best video on YT regarding iTerm quick setup! Thank you very much for it!

[@joseanmartinez]

Happy to hear that, thank you!

[@TrevorMatthews]

Really appreciate the video. Been doing more shell work and wanted something a bit more comfortable than Terminal. This is great! Would love to hear if you've used others for any time what pros and cons are of others. This has really leveled up my experience though :)

[@jackli5926]

This tutorial is super newbee friendly! You are an amazing teacher.

[@devoraparalosamigos]

Awesome man!! It's a nice improvement to the plain terminal. You already won a new subscriptor! Nice content bro!!

[@joelravanely8914]

I've been trying to customize my terminal for a really long time without success. You are the best. THANKS

[@KevinFoley]

Love this. There are others like it, but thanks for not just verbally “blasting” over it all and making sure you enunciate well!

[@aram69420]

Thank you for this, I do everything as you said in the video with a little tweak of customization on my own and it looks so much more pleasing to my eyes than ever. Thank for making my life less miserable looking at the terminal.

[@JorgeObando]

By much, the guide I was looking for to dive into the Command Line world; followed your instructions, it worked like a charm. Thanks!

[@krivanraul970]

A really good and straightforward tutorial on setting up Neovim, really great! I cannot wait to start and setup Neovim for PHP development!

[@aarnavlakhanpal9918]

I love this it was so clear and you even gave a command to undo all the changes!

[@erikthomas9593]

I appreciate this video, as my iTerm setup was a bit stale, and this gave me ideas for getting it better customized to make like easier for me. Solid video.

[@mbhonibaloyi2484]

This really help me setup my nvim environment coming from VSC! Thanks for this tutorial, much appreciated Josean!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mohitkumar-zz4mp]

one of the best youtuber for programming related content

[@jean-charlescouturier5535]

Most underrated YT channel. Congrats and thanks for the very detailed videos that make me want to customize, use the terminal, vim etc more. And I'm absolutely not someone with an IT/CS background !

[@joseanmartinez]

I really appreciate that, means a lot!

[@jean-charlescouturier5535]

@@joseanmartinez Are you aware of any issue with Mason ? it keeps failing (except for python LSP). E.g. CSS-lsp returns a failure message env: node: No such file or directory spawn: npm failed with exit code 127 and signal 0. thanks !

[@joseanmartinez]

@@jean-charlescouturier5535 Hmm, I’d download node. Looks like it’s trying to use npm to download the lsps. Use “brew install node” and then check if the issue with mason is resolved.

[@jean-charlescouturier5535]

@@joseanmartinez you are legend. Worked like a charm ! thanks a lot for the super quick reply ! Also, would you be able to make a series about nvim setup for python by any chance ? cheers

[@joseanmartinez]

@@jean-charlescouturier5535 Awesome! Happy to hear it fixed the issue! I’m mostly a javascript/typescript developer so I don’t think I’ll be making a series on python soon, but I would check out “jedi_language_server” for a possible lsp and “black” for a formatter. Haven’t tried them, but could possibly work well.

[@mtcondie]

I do a lot of work in a bash terminal, and your video will make the experience a lot better. Thank you for the supporting link with the command you used. I look forward to seeing your other videos! 👍

[@dekroplay5373]

I came here after I started watching the Yabai video made by you. After configuring my terminal I'm ready to head back. Thanks!

[@smackalpha6386]

Wow... Awesome Explanation which was so clear and crisp.Made my terminal look so cool

[@chargoy9178]

Thank you so much for this video, I wanted to do this with my terminal lonnnnnng time ago, and this is the first video that I really like and it works, really appreciate it, new follower here 😀

[@thekoyakoyakoya]

this video is great! everything looks so much better with these changes. thank goodness i never have to use that boring old terminal ever again 🙌🏼

[@mindright9771]

This is awesome! Your instructions were clear and concise. You just made me a very happy camper. Thanks for the excellent video. Aloha!

[@nowfeelsafi9595]

this is the third time i watch this video to configure a new computer, thanks this video is very efficient

[@mgmartin51]

Very nice straightforward way of dressing up Terminal. I enjoyed this!

[@darlakim5120]

Excellent video! I finally got my first MBP M2, and this was icing on the cake! I've always loved the command line, and now I love it even more. Nice Job! Thanks!

[@boop6587]

Amazing! Only ten minutes to do something awesome! Thank you!!

[@tahahuraibb5833]

Best video ever! Can't wait for your vim+tmux configuration. I currently use astro vim, but it would be cool to see your configuration

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey! I really appreciate that! Thanks for the awesome feedback. Really cool you’re using Astro Vim. Currently working on the vim configuration video, hoping to get it done soon!

[@victorcopque1934]

Well done! I recently fixed my Macbook and was looking for a playlist like this. Thanks a lot!

[@charfractal9441]

best tutorial out there , really loved it , complete info , and no problems

[@johnclarkson-w5x]

Excellent tutorial. I was set up and configured immediately. Keep up the good work

[@taujago]

Thank you.I have tried your totorial and my terminal is not the same again. love it.

[@DocMacLovin]

Nice calm informative. Wish all tuts on YT had this level of proficiency.

[@CharlieKnolesPlus]

Just incredibly helpful and exactly what I was looking for. Your calm and thorough delivery really helps a newbie like me. Thank you!

[@HarisHussain]

Really looking forward to the Vim + Tmux setup tutorial!

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome, happy to hear that!

[@VersatileAnthem]

Thanks so much for the video. It was so easy to follow through.

[@MrBumbo90]

Great tutorial and the blog commands really help. Thanks a lot!

[@PendakwahTeknologi]

Great content! Thanks :)

[@martinricharte7114]

I just loved. This video was extremely useful for me as a newbie that I am in the MacBook Pro architecture!!Thank you!!

[@Sami67995]

Thank you for sharing this I have been looking to zsh theme to change my terminal I would highly recomend this content. Good job!!!!

[@st.toussaint4632]

Best tutorial and straight to the point. Thank you

[@FelipeOcampo-v4i]

You...... are a god amongst men. SUPER helpful 😊thanks!

[@valentingutierrez320]

Clear and straight to the point, thank you!

[@Jonathan-vx2qj]

Thanks for the video. What a fun way to fancy up my command line. I used your instructions to fancy up my Ubuntu command line too, i spend a lot of time via SSH on remote command lines and this makes them much more useable as well. Great idea!

[@rainmannoodles]

A word of advice for anyone getting into ZSH: *avoid relying on oh-my-zsh in the long term.* The dirty secret is that everything it does is pretty trivial. All of the "plugins" are just scripts you could source yourself. It provides almost no value and just adds bloat to your configuration. Plus the plugins are one-size-fits-all solutions that usually just clutter everything up with crap you don't need or want. I don't fault anyone for picking it up as a "quick startup" solution, because it does let you get from zero to a superficially pretty terminal very quickly. But once you start customizing you'll probably find it just gets in the way.

[@mattn_kk]

for a complete noob could you share resources on how to get scripts to run on the command line?

[@TrevorMatthews]

Thanks for the tip :) I'll probably still load them for a quick start but now I know this will try to roll my own over time

[@michapoterek8385]

great vid, I set up my terminal in this way and maaaaan I was missing out by using the default one, thanks for sharing this

[@nathaliasalinas2887]

Awesome! My terminal looks great. Thank you for making this.

[@BroskiXP]

The plugins were really helpful! Thank you for making this vide

[@thefizzshow]

Thank you so much for this video...Now my terminal experience is on the next level.

Slick, smooth and simple step-by-step process to setup Mac Terminal! Thx!

[@joseanmartinez]

Glad I could help!

[@nikhilbhatt8905]

Clear and concise explanation. Thank you Man!

[@SonitPL]

Ay great video man, keep it up. It's strange you don't have more subs.

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey! Happy to hear you enjoyed it! Appreciate the feedback.

[@colorart4146]

You're Super Amazing to get things Beautiful! Thank you so so much! I was looking everything in your video and I got it!!!!!!!! Thumbs-up!!!!!!!!!!

[@vegitoblue6969]

As a non coder who is just starting out this was fun that autosuggest really felt good.😆👍🏻

[@hinocenciopaulo]

I watch your videos when I am depressed. They make me feel better 😊

[@KeithBalante]

bro I love the cool night colors!!!

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome, happy to hear that!

[@relaxingbuddy4363]

I remember setting up mine way back 2018 and messed up a bunch of things and I was like "freak it, I'll just go with sublime". Thank you for this and congratulations on the 1K subs, more power!

[@joseanmartinez]

Thank you!! Really appreciate all the support!

[@danielburgoa7209]

Now my terminal looks amazing! Really thanks for this tutorial Josean :)

[@joseanmartinez]

Awesome! Happy to hear it.

[@mus3equal]

Awesome video, thanks for the info. Coming from primarily a Win OS having the hot keys in the vid was extremely helpful!

[@dannydiscovers]

This was really cool, thanks for sharing

[@jonathanandersson180]

Awesome! Very simple to follow, just what I've been looking for!

[@Ammar_Aldawood]

Just here to say: your color theme probably inspired the macOS Sonoma theme. They look consistent together.

[@lloyd_talks]

Excellent job, very concise and well presented information!!

[@enriquearredondo2615]

Muchas gracias !!!! he empezado desde 0 (ya oxidado) y comence desde este video hasta los últimos !

[@宋泽晖]

Brother, what you said is really great!! I hope there are more videos about the terminal for me to learn.

[@joseanmartinez]

Happy to hear I could help!

[@Maha-yg7pv]

I love it everything explained smoothly , Thank you !

[@TheKristenLFoster]

Fantastic abd high-quality walkthrough, Josean -- this is just what I was looking for! Thank you :)

[@kobenbawest]

You rocked this tutorial. Subscribed bro!

[@mijailmariano7846]

Awesome walkthrough. Gained a subscriber. Ty!

[@surfingbilly9654]

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO: - downloading oh my zsh completely clears your existing configuration in your .zshrc file and therefore breaks a lot of things (like conda). Make sure you backup/save a copy of your old .zshrc file before doing this. After completing all of the steps in the video, get your old .zshrc configuration and copy paste it to the top of the new .zshrc config file. Everything should work how it did before again. - After following the video, some of the features in iterm2 will "break" again. In order to fix it, make sure to redownload shell integration by going to help and typing install shell configuration. This should again bring everything back to normal. Other than that, great video and has really improved the terminal 10 fold.

[@venkateshak.s9290]

Easy to follow with detailed steps. nice video on configuring the terminal with new themes and making it looks awesome 🙂

[@darthkielbasa]

Thanks for the video. Great production all around.

[@mateoverdaguer7184]

great video! you made the whole process simple and quick, thank you!

[@BrutallionStallion]

Thanks, Josean! Very useful video!

[@cmdaltctr]

Thank you so much for holding our hands with step by step! Love it, thanks again! God bless!

[@joseanmartinez]

Thanks! Glad I could help!

[@nicolaspace1182]

Top-notch my guy! Keep 'em coming! Loved it!

[@joseanmartinez]

Hey! Really happy to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for the awesome feedback!

[@GMoyo]

coding in the terminal is mental. Respect.

[@nelsonfrank]

This is another yt channel i love to watch all it's content👍

[@joseanmartinez]

Happy to hear that! Thanks!

[@zebronebanda6339]

Very helpful and impressive tutorial. Thank you, my editor now looks amazing!!

[@beketamirkhanov2904]

Great job on video! Eye-pleasing edit, thanks!