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How to Open a Terminal Window in Mac

This wikiHow teaches you how to open the Terminal utility on Mac, which provides Mac users with a way to access and adjust settings of the operating system with text-based commands. Click the Finder icon in your dock. It's a square icon...
Method 1 of 2:

Using Finder

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    Click the Finder icon in your dock. It's a square icon with a half-light blue and half-dark blue smiley face.
    1. Alternatively, simply click on your desktop wallpaper.
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    Click Go in the menu bar. It's at the top of the screen.
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    Click Utilities.
    1. Alternatively, you can press ⇧ Shift+⌘+U.
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    Scroll down and double-click Terminal in the Utilities window. A terminal window will open.
Method 2 of 2:

Using Spotlight

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    Click the Spotlight icon. It's the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner of the screen.
    1. Alternatively, you can press ⌘+space.
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    Start typing terminal in the search field. Do so until the Terminal icon appears.
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    Double-click Terminal. A terminal window will open.
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