10 'Homebrew' Hacks Every Mac Power User Should Know
Homebrew is the package manager you wish your Mac shipped with. Once you set it up, Homebrew lets you install and update apps quickly and securely. It launched as a command-line interface, where you would type commands into the Terminal app on your Mac to install, update, or uninstall your apps.
- ▪Homebrew is the package manager you wish your Mac shipped with.
- ▪Once you set it up, Homebrew lets you install and update apps quickly and securely.
- ▪It launched as a command-line interface, where you would type commands into the Terminal app on your Mac to install, update, or uninstall your apps.
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| Original publisher | Lifehacker |
| Canonical URL | https://lifehacker.com/tech/10-homebrew-hacks-every-mac-power-user-should-know?utm_medium=RSS |
| Publication time | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-22T16:03:53.746Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-22T16:03:53.746Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Homebrew is the package manager you wish your Mac shipped with. Once you set it up, Homebrew lets you install and update apps quickly and securely. It launched as a command-line interface, where you would type commands into the Terminal app on your Mac to install, update, or uninstall your apps. Recently, Homebrew launched its own GUI, which makes it easier than ever to use the service. Here are 10 Homebrew hacks that you should know, great for new and legacy users alike.Try Homebrew's new GUI to discover apps Credit: Pranay Parab Once you update to Homebrew version 7.0.0 or newer, you'll notice that the service has a new GUI-enabled app for your Mac. You can launch it like any other app from the Applications folder, and use the interface to discover, install, update, and remove apps.
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