macOS Catalina will have zsh as default shell

Time to finally give zsh shell a try, since it will become the default login shell in the upcoming macOS Catalina!

bash will stay default for existing macOS users

Apparently, if you are upgrading to macOS Catalina,  existing users will keep their current shells (BASH most likely). But newly created users will be getting a zsh shell.

zsh shell

zsh is a very popular shell in Unix/Linux, incorporating best features from many other shells like bash, ksh and even csh.

I've been meaning to give ZSH a try for some time now, especially since there are great projects like Oh my ZSH make it so powerful. Until macOS Catalina it's best to install zsh with homebrew.

See Also

• Official ZSH website
• macOS
• Alfred 4 for macOS is released
• Disks and Partitions in macOS
• Creating bootable USB from ISO in macOS

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