Terminal in imac 10.6.8 seems stuck
Whatever I type in terminal it says: unknown-c8-bc-c8-98-14-b8:~ simona$
How can I reset it so I can make it work for me?
When I open it it says:
Last login: Fri Apr 6 09:28:53 on console
unknown-c8-bc-c8-98-14-b8:~ simona$
and then it repeats the line whatever I type in
grateful thanks for any help
Sorry operating system is 10.6.8
Simona Sideri wrote:
Whatever I type in terminal it says: unknown-c8-bc-c8-98-14-b8:~ simona$
How can I reset it so I can make it work for me?
From your description, it's working as it should. What is it that you want to do?
(If you're concerned by the "unknown-c8-bc-c8-98-14-b8" prompt, that's, as X423424X says, your computer's name. You can change it in Sharing, or with scutil in Terminal.)
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joshua raphael wrote:
This issue is happenning on my macbook pro, mid 2010. My drive setup is that I have a partition which I dedicated to time machine backups. The total size of my drive is 500GB, and I partitioned about 100GB for time machine. The reason for that is I only needed a few space since I setup time machine to include only the system and the apps, and NONE of the libraries such as itunes or photos.
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