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sw_vers - print macOS system version informationSystemVersion.plist
softwareupdate - system software update tool/Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/
createinstallmedia - create macOS USB installerstartosinstall - install macOS - Cheat Sheet
languagesetup - Set the primary language for the systemcfprefsd - defaults serversystemsetup - configuration tool for certain machine settings in System Preferencessysadminctl .GlobalPreferences.plist fdesetup - FileVault configuration toolkextstat - display status of loaded kernel extensions (kexts)systemextensionsctl - System Extensions controllaunchctl - Interfaces with launchdlaunchd - System wide and per-user daemon/agent managercom.apple.loginwindow.plist bputil - Utility to precisely modify the security settings on Apple Silicon Macsbless - set volume bootability and startup disk optionsplutil - property list utilityPlistBuddy - read and write values to plists
ifconfig - configure network interface parametershostname - set or print name of current host systemnetworksetup - configuration tool for network settings in System Preferencesscselect - Select system configuration "location"kickstart wdutil - Wireless Diagnostics command line utilityairport - [deprecated]sysctl - get or set kernel stateroute - manually manipulate the routing tablesnetstat - show network statusipconfig - view and control IP configuration statetraceroute - print the route packets take to network hostnc - arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listenstcpdump - dump traffic on a networksocketfilterfw - Application Firewall daemonnetworkQuality - Network quality testing tool
smbutil - interface to the SMB requesternsmb.conf - configuration file for SMB requests
lpadmin - configure cups printers and classes
pmset - manipulate power management settingscaffeinate - prevent the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility.GlobalPreferences.plist powermetrics
com.apple.loginwindow.plist chflags - change file flagssc_auth - SmartCard authorization setup script
dscl - Directory Service command line utilitydseditgroup - Manipulate group records with the Open Directory APIklist - list Kerberos credentialsapp-sso - A tool used to control and get information about the Kerberos SSO extension
profiles - Profiles Tool for macOSmdmclient - MDM (Mobile Device Management) client
diskutil - modify, verify and repair local disksgpt - GUID partition table maintenance utilityfsck_apfs - APFS consistency checkfsck - filesystem consistency check and interactive repairdd - convert and copy a filemount - mount file systemsumount - unmount filesystems
mdutil - manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight
tmutil - Time Machine utility
pkgutil - Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receiptsinstaller - system software and package installer toolxattr - display and manipulate extended attributescsrutil - Configure system security policiesspctl - SecAssessment system policy securityproductbuild - Build a product archive for the macOS Installer or the Mac App Store
top - display sorted information about processesps - process statuskill - terminate or signal a processkillall - kill processes by namelog - Access system wide log messages created by os_log, os_trace and other logging systemsfs_usage - report system calls and page faults related to filesystem activity in real-timedtruss - process syscall details. Uses DTraceaudit - audit management utility
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