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Changing the Default MacOS Shell

Steps

Changing the default terminal shell on MacOS to /bin/bash is pretty straightforward.

  1. Open the terminal app
  2. Click "terminal" in the top bar
  3. Click settings
  4. Click on the general tab
  5. Under the "Shells open with" option, click "Command (complete path)"
  6. Change the command from "/bin/zsh" to "/bin/bash"

After doing these steps, the default terminal shell on MacOS should now be bash!

Visual Example

I do not have access to a Mac to be able to provide my own images of doing this, however, this article provides images alongside the step-by-step process