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Not sure why people think they can rely on the pre-installed Unix utilities on macOS. EDIT: Apple routinely don't update the Unix utilities for a decade...

• EliRivers 7y ago
  Yeah, those idiots! They buy something from Apple, and then find it doesn't work. What did they expect. This, of course, is passive-aggressive snark. Suffice to say that I disagree with you; why shouldn't people expect software they buy from Apple to work? People buy from Apple because they don't want to have to deal with all this sort of crap; they just want it to work.
  • giancarlostoro 7y ago
    I am more surprised Apple doesnt invest in their own Unix utils packages honestly. Its not like they dont have the money to do so.
    • wtracy 7y ago
      Steve Jobs originally wanted to strip out the shell entirely and only support POSIX at the level of the C API. To this day, Apple acts like they've been strong-armed into providing support for the Unix utilities. I can understand the attitude that 99% of their userbase will never touch the command line, but that last 1% represents the developers that keep the whole ecosystem going.
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  • gdfasfklshg4 7y ago
    We actually broadly agree that it is a shame that Apple don't support their Unix utilities.