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A drop-down terminal makes for an efficient CLI.
MacOS doesn't include a built-in drop-down terminal.
With the help of iTerm2, you can make this happen.
I've used drop-down terminals for a long time because I don't have to take my fingers off the keyboard to run a command. Instead of grabbing the mouse, opening the desktop menu, finding the terminal, opening the terminal, running the command, and closing the terminal, I can hit a keyboard hotkey combination to open the terminal, run my command, and hit the same hotkey to dismiss the terminal.
Additionally, I can configure a drop-down terminal to occupy only a certain amount of space, allowing me to leave it open if needed without interfering with other apps.
In other words, drop-down terminals are a very efficient method of using the command line.
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