1. To open Launchpad, you can click the Launchpad icon in your Dock or select the six-square icon on the Touch Bar of your Mac, if you have a Touch Bar.

For this, run Terminal, right-click on its icon in the dock, and select Options > Keep in Dock. Opening up the Terminal window brings up the Mac command prompt which looks like a black box.

Terminal on your Mac can do some surprisingly useful things, such as check your internet’s speed, change which kinds of apps you see in the dock, and help you shut down your Mac at a scheduled time.

Right-click on any folder in Finder, go to the Services menu, and select New Terminal at Folder. This will open a Terminal window with the current directory set to the folder you selected.