Terminal uses /usr/bin/login to launch new shells, by default this prints out the last login time and the contents of /etc/motd. To look up the last login time login searches through the ASL (Apple System Log) database in /var/log/asl/ . These log files can be very

Decided I'd give Homebrew [http://brew.sh] a try - here's the process I used to switch over. Make a list of your ports for reference later: port installed > ports.txt Might be worth going through that list, clear out the dependency ports you can identify and leave a list

I needed to download the CLI tools within Xcode, and it needs to be done before installing MacPorts -- otherwise you'll need to re-install MacPorts. So I launched Xcode and went to "Preferences > Downloads" and clicked install on " Command Line Tools." Installed MacPorts from the dmg package on googlecode, but