28 Macworld • February 2022MACOS TIPS & TRICKS
and Homebrew is popular,
so we’ll use it here.- Open Terminal
(Applications > Utilities). - Copy the line below
(triple-click it to select
all) and paste it into
the Terminal, then
press Return.
/bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL
https://raw.githubusercontent.
com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/
install.sh)”- You’ll be asked to enter your Mac
login password in order to grant
‘sudo’ access, which allows you to
run programs with security privileges.
Terminal will not show any visual
indication that you
are typing in your
password (no bullets,
asterisks, or the like),
so type it in carefully
and press the Return
key. Terminal responds
by telling you what
will be installed. Press
Return to continue,
or any other key if
you decide to stop
installation.
4. Terminal displays status updates
on the installation, which takes
several minutes, but you won’t see
any spinning icons, a progress bar,
or anything like that. It may sit at
Installing with Command Line
Tools for Xcode for a bit, but it is
working (really, it is).
Eventually, Terminal will display
a bunch of stuff in quick succession.
You should see Downloading and
Step 3.Step 4.