On your macbook pro or air with macOS Monterey or Sonoma or newer version of mac if you want to change default login shell path then you can change default login shell and choose different folder easily by going to users and groups settings and change login shell on macbook pro or air with M1, M2 or M3 as well. So, let’s see in detail below.
You can change the login shell name on your macbook pro or air by using user group settings and also by using terminal on mac and change folder by executing commands and also by going to mac terminal settings as well.
How to Change Login Shell on MacBook Pro or Air
Follow these below settings and change login shell path on your mac
Using Terminal
To change user shell or login shell on macbook pro or air -> Open your terminal and execute chsh -s /bin/zsh
Using User Groups
Step 1: Click on Apple logo on top and then click on System Preference or System Settings or you can directly open settings app from your MacBook dock
Step 2: Click on users and group on left side menu
Step 3: Select the username on the right side and right click on it and then select Advanced Options and then enter your mac password.
Step 4: Now, scroll down and you will find login shell option and next to login shell you will see login shell path and you can use the drop down button here and change login shell path from default /bin/zsh to other.
That’s it, this is how you change login shell path on your MacBook pro or air on your mac m1, m2, m3 or later version of MacBook.
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Change Profiles Shell Settings in Terminal on MacBook Pro or Air
You can also change profile shell settings on your macbook pro or air and change startup shell settings and change terminal window profile.
Step 1: Open Terminal on your MacBook
Step 2: click on Settings
Step 3: Click on Profiles and then click on shell
Step 4: to change startup -> Enter run command: enter the command of the path here and hit enter.
That’s it, once you enter command path with run command the startup path will change and you can also change when shell exits using run command and by using run inside shell and other shell settings on your mac.