After installing React locally on your macOS machine, you may find yourself 'stuck' within the React app in the Terminal application.

You might see something like:

my-computer:test-react-build username$

Exiting the current React app via Terminal is easy. If you're running React on your macOS machine, all you have to do from the terminal is:

cd

You'll then see something in Terminal like:

my-computer:~ username$

This means that you've successfully exited the React app within Terminal, and can go about your business!

If you're running a process and need to go back up one level, then simply use:

ctrl + c

After making changes to the App, build via Terminal using:

npm run build

And after building, to start the App use:

npm start