The Terminal App Reimagined

Santhosh Kumar May 1, 2025
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What if your Mac could talk to you…make you productive…even tell you jokes? With a few fun commands in the Terminal app, you can make macOS way more personal—and honestly, a lot more entertaining. #apple #macOS #Mac #macbookpro #macossequoia #terminal 💻 Links to products shown 14" M4 Pro MacBook Pro: https://amzn.to/3DkaoiK 14" M4 Max MacBook Pro: https://amzn.to/40F6OsF 13" M1 MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/3Px27dR 📷 My gear Camera: https://amzn.to/40tq2B9 Microphone: https://amzn.to/40sv7tx Light: https://amzn.to/428mbL0 Softbox: https://amzn.to/408w74N Keyboard: https://amzn.to/3ZuKEIe Mouse: https://amzn.to/4lsqoAp ☕️ If you are getting value from this video and would like to support the channel - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SanthoshKumarYT Disclosure: If you purchase a product or service using the affiliate links in this description, I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you. 0:00 Intro 0:32 Say command 1:34 Uptime & Who command 2:05 Smart Greeting 2:56 Man command 3:04 Battery Status 3:42 Calendar & Date 4:18 Clear command 4:24 Open apps from terminal 5:10 Pomodoro timer in terminal 5:32 Mac tells you jokes 5:45 Banner command Command shown in this video: -------------------------------------------------- say "Hello from your Mac" say -v Jester “hahaha” say -v Moira "Hello fancy voice from Ireland here" say -v “?” say -v Trinoids "The robots are coming" uptime who uptime && who say "Welcome back, $(whoami). Your Mac has been running for $(uptime | awk '{print $3, $4}' | sed 's/,//')" pmset -g batt | grep -Eo "\d+%" | say say "Good morning. Your battery is currently at" && pmset -g batt | grep -Eo "\d+%" | say cal date "+%A, %B %d" date "+Today is %A, %B %d" | say say "Good morning, $(whoami). Today is $(date '+%A, %B %d'). Your battery is currently at $(pmset -g batt | grep -Eo '\d+%'). Have a great day.” clear open -a "Safari" open -a "Notes” open . sleep 1500; say "Time's up! Take a break." say "$(curl -s https://icanhazdadjoke.com/ -H "Accept: text/plain")" banner “SK” banner -w 50 “SK” --------------------------------------------------

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