I didn't know which process to look into so I looked into them all. I didn't see any dd. The word "clear" came from typing it in like you said so I could clear the AM.

Originally Posted By: artie505
As I said, Terminal's tricky. Many posters here won't even dip a toe into it.

That last line is confusing me: MacBook-Pro:~ $ MacBook-Pro:~ (my name)$ clear

Where did the "clear" come from? Without it it looks like a standard prompt that you'd expect when you terminate a process.

If you search /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor for dd, does it come up, i.e. is the process still running?


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