my computer says that i need to update my account to use zsh, what do i do

my computer says that i need to update my account to use zsh, what do i do and how do i do that?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 14, 2023 9:04 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2023 9:55 AM

Follow these instructions: Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac - Apple Support.

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Oct 14, 2023 10:13 AM in response to aryna64

If you do not use the Terminal, then there is nothing that needs to be done. If you do occasionally use the Terminal and do not want to switch to the newer Apple supported Zsh shell, then you can edit your hidden Bash shell dot file in your HOME directory and insert this entry in $HOME/.bash_profile and then save:


export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1


The next time you launch the Terminal, you will not see the message, "The default shell is now Zsh…" message.


Otherwise, see the link that John Galt has provided.



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