Mac Tip: Terminal – Psychotherapist

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How To: Terminal – Psychotherapist

Okay, so we all need to talk to someone from time to time…but a psychotherapist in Terminal?

In all seriousness this is for all intents and purposes a text game and should not be used as a replace for real therapy.

In order to do this we will need to use Terminal. To locate Terminal simply navigate to your Applications folder then to the Utilities Folder. Within the Utilities folder you will locate Terminal.

Simply launch and then enter the following:

emacs

After you have pressed return then press the escape (esc) button on your keyboard found in the top row at the left hand side. Then press x on your keyboard. Then type the following:

doctor

Upon successful entry you will be presented with window as shown at the beginning of this article. Simply describe your problems and you will get answers as can be seen below:

As you can see it is a bit of fun but it is interesting how the doctor will reply to some of your comments. Especially profanity. It is quite funny!

Mark Greentree

Mark Greentree is the principle blogger and podcast creator of Everyday Mac Support. His aim is to inform users at all levels of experience how to get the most out of the Apple hardware and associated software. He is the lead host of Not Another Mac Podcast, an Apple based round table discussion with Mac users and experts from all over world.