Open new Terminal windows and tabs on Mac
You can open new Terminal windows and tabs with the default profile, the same profile used by the active window or tab, or a profile you specify.
Use General settings to choose the profiles used when opening new windows and tabs. If you haven’t chosen a default profile, the Basic profile is used (see Specify default and startup Terminal window profiles).
Open new Terminal windows with the default profile or the same profile used by the active window
Whether the default profile or the same profile used by the active window opens depends on the value of “New windows open with” in General settings.
In the Terminal app on your Mac, do one of the following:
Press Command-N.
Choose Shell > New Window > New Window with Profile.
The name of the profile that opens is concatenated to the end of the New Window with Profile menu item.
Open new Terminal windows with a specific profile
In the Terminal app on your Mac, do one of the following:
Choose Shell > New Window, then choose a profile from the list of profiles at the end of the menu.
Choose Terminal > Settings, then click Profiles. In the profiles list, double-click the icon for the profile you want to use.
Open new tabs with the default profile or the same profile used by the active tab
Whether the default profile or the same profile used by the active tab opens depends on the value of the “New tabs open with” setting in General settings.
In the Terminal app on your Mac, do one of the following:
Press Command-T.
Choose Shell > New Tab > New Tab with Profile.
The name of the profile that opens is concatenated to the end of the New Tab with Profile menu item.
Open new tabs with a specific profile
In the Terminal app
on your Mac, choose Shell > New Tab, then choose a profile from the list of profiles at the end of the menu.
Open new Terminal windows or tabs from the Finder
You can use the path bar in a Finder window to open a new Terminal window or tab with the working directory set to a folder’s location.
On your Mac, open a Finder window, then navigate to the folder you want to use.
If you can’t see the path bar at the bottom of the Finder window, choose View > Show Path Bar.
Control-click the folder in the path bar, then do one of the following.
Open a new window: Choose Open in Terminal.
Open a new tab: Choose Services > New Terminal Tab at Folder.