iterm

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2026-06-01

📌 What is iTerm2

Note

iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 12.4 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.

🚀 Install iTerm2

Download and Install iTerm2

✨ iTerm2 Appearance Customization

👀 Preview Argonaut Color Preset

1️⃣ Install Oh My Zsh

When installing Oh My Zsh , the installer automatically backs up the original .zshrc to .zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh. As a result, existing shell configurations may no longer be applied.

To retain your previous configuration, append the contents of .zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh to the end of the new .zshrc file.

📥 curl

$ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

⚡ wget

$ sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

2️⃣ Install Powerlevel10k

Powerlevel10k is a fast and feature-rich Zsh theme. It provides extensive prompt customization and detailed information display, enhancing both terminal readability and usability.

🎨 Install Font

Download and Install MesloLGS NF Font, Choose one of the available variants based on your preference.

🎛️ Install Powerlevel10k Homebrew

$ brew install powerlevel10k
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme" >>~/.zshrc

3️⃣ Restart Zsh

$ exec zsh

4️⃣ Configure Powerlevel10k

After restarting iTerm2, Powerlevel10k may automatically start the configuration wizard. Follow the prompts to complete the setup.

To run the configuration wizard again, execute:

$ p10k configure

⚙️ Configure iTerm2

Press ⌘ + , to open the Settings... panel in iTerm2.

1️⃣ Create and Set a Default Profile

Open Settings > Profiles > General. After creating a new profile, make sure to select Set as Defaultto set it as the default profile.

Open Settings > Profiles > General > Command , to prevent the following message from appearing on every iTerm2 launch:

3️⃣ Font

Open Settings > Profiles > Text > Font， see: Meslo Nerd Font

4️⃣ Color Preset

Download Iterm2-color-schemes and import it into iTerm2. Bulk import is supported.

My Favour Color Preset

⚠️Notice： For instructions on removing color schemes in bulk, see: Bulk remove iTerm2 color schemes

Open Settings > Profiles > Colors > Color Preset

# 1. install
$  brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting

# 2. configure profile
$ echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc

# 3. restart zsh
$ exec zsh

8️⃣ Install zsh-autosuggestions Optional

zsh-autosuggestions It suggests commands as you type based on history and completions.

# 1. install
$  brew install zsh-autosuggestions

# 2. configure profile
$ echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc

# 3. restart zsh
$ exec zsh

9️⃣ Install fastfetch Optional

fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying it in a visually appealing way.

$  brew install fastfetch

🔧 Visual Studio Code Font

Press ⌘ + , to open the Settings panel in iTerm2.

Press ⌘ + , to open the Settings and search terminal.integrated.font

⚠️Notice: The Font Family is MesloLGS NF

Changelog

6/2/26, 8:49 AM

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cd7f5-docs(iterm2): 📝 add iTerm2 documentationon 6/2/26

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License under:Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

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