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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashua NH, USA
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Just a simple though that crossed my mind. What percentage OS X users use the terminal app enough to have it in their dock?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Yokohama, Japan
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I use it all the time for things like top, ftp, and nanoblogger.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada
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yeah, though i have no idea why...
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New York City, NY
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yeah, to check uptime and battery stats.
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Plainview, NY
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i use it often but always launch it through the wonderful launchbar. www.obdev.at . only things in my dock are always open: mail, safari, ichat, ical, stickies.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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I use it two or three times a day probably, but I launch it from one of my extra keys on my logitech keyboard or using quicksilver.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chile
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Originally posted by MrForgetable:
yeah, to check battery stats.
how ?
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: norway
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My dock is almost empty. I run Terminal by typing command-space and T E R M
(Quicksilver ![thumbs up](http://forums.macnn.com/images/smilies/up.gif) )
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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always running on all my OS X Macs
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Ok, I'll be the contrarian. I almost never run it.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Trafalmadore
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I use it daily for something. Mostly top to watch my application for memory leaks as I am developing. Another great command is fs_usage to see exactly what's going on in the file system.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Not specifically in my dock, but I use it ALL THE TIME.
Don't need it in my dock because I have launchbar, so I'm just command-space TER away, tales about a second.
Use it maybe 5x a day, for ssh to a remote server, or to kill a process, or to clean up from annoying VISE based installers like Stuffit or Now Up to Date which litter the freaking hard drive with CRAP.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Ft Laud, FL USA
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I keep it down in the dock just to run top and kill anything that hangs up my Mac.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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useful for top, kill, w, fs_usage, ls, rm, ssh, mostly. Also run distributed.net or SETI clients in Terminal. I have it set to launch on login.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Decatur, GA
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Not in the Dock, but in every Finder window--along with Process Viewer and Console.
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