Start your first Termin8 session

Use an already installed Termin8 on your Mac. This exercise needs only a local shell, not an Ouros account or agent setup. Save unrelated work before experimenting with window or session controls.

1. Reach a terminal prompt

Open Termin8 from Applications. If you are looking at a page or menu rather than a shell, use Command-K and choose New tab, or press Command-T. Wait for the shell prompt, then click inside that terminal.

Do not type into a browser address field, an agent conversation, or a command-search field expecting it to run in the shell. If the initial screen or labels differ, use the actions actually offered by your installed version; do not install a different build just to follow this exercise.

2. Run one harmless command

Type this exact command and press Return:

printf Hello

Look for Hello in the terminal output. This command does not add a newline, so the next prompt may appear beside it or your shell may display its own end-of-line marker. The check is the Hello output, not an exact screenshot of the prompt.

This command does not create a file, install a tool or contact a website. It establishes that the focused shell accepts a small command; it does not test saved-session recovery or other tools.

3. Give a second task its own space

1. Press Command-T to open a terminal tab. Confirm another tab is visible and has a shell prompt.
2. Select your original tab. Confirm its earlier Hello output remains visible or searchable.
3. Press Command-D for a split to the right, or Command-Shift-D for a split below.
4. Click the pane you intend to use. Check its prompt before entering another command.

Use Command-B to open Open panes if you lose track of which terminal is selected. Keep the original view open during this exercise. Closing a view is not a reliable way to stop a persistent job, and ending a thread is not needed to learn tabs and splits.

4. Find the output again

Focus the original terminal and press Command-F. Type Hello. The find status should report a match and bring matching retained output into view. Press Escape to leave find before typing another shell command.

If there is no match, check that you selected the original terminal, not a fresh tab. Find searches that terminal's retained scrollback; it is not a search across all files or all sessions.

5. Open a page, then return

1. Press Command-K, choose Browser, and choose the offered private or saved storage mode.
2. Enter a public HTTPS address you trust, such as https://docs.ouros.md/.
3. Confirm that the address and page content identify the intended site. A loading label alone is not a successful page load.
4. Use the browser's close control or Command-Escape to return to the terminal. Click the terminal and confirm its prompt before typing.

Opening a page makes network requests. Do not use a sensitive URL for this exercise. Do not substitute a tab-close shortcut for the browser's close control: the two actions have different scopes.

If a check fails

Stop at the first unexpected result. Read the visible message, keep existing sessions open, and follow troubleshooting. There is no need to clear settings, terminate jobs or repeatedly rerun work to complete this first-session check. Keep the keyboard reference nearby as you continue.