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Change settings in Terminal on Mac
Use Terminal settings to change options for new Terminal windows, create profiles, manage window groups, and select the encodings you want to appear in text encoding menus.
In the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Settings, then click a settings pane:
General: Set the profile for the startup window, for new windows and tabs, and choose the shell to use.
Profiles: Create profiles to change how Terminal windows look.
Window Groups: Manage groups of Terminal windows.
Encodings settings: Select the encodings you want to appear in text encoding menus.
To learn about the options in a pane, click the Help button at the bottom of the pane.