Install Homebrew on Mac OS if you haven’t done so already – if you already have Homebrew skip this step.
Of course this means you will need to install Homebrew on the Mac first, but if you’re advanced user that spends time in the command line you’ll likely appreciate having Homebrew for other reasons since you Installing Telnet in MacOS with Homebrewīy far the simplest option is for Mac users to install Telnet through Homebrew. This article will assume that you have experience working with the Terminal and command line, since Telnet is entirely command line based. We’ll cover installing Telnet with Homebrew, restoring Telnet from a prior system software release or backup, compiling Telnet from source, as well as a few alternatives to telnet. Accordingly, this tutorial will detail several different ways to get Telnet back in modern versions of Mac OS system software.