Console cable :

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/overview

Console cable driver installation:

http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio/

Check if it is available using:

> kextstat -b nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303
Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) <Linked Against>
  227    0 0xffffff7f828d3000 0xb000     0xb000     nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303 (1.0.0d1) <116 34 5 4 3>

Connect:

screen /dev/cu.PL2303-00001004 115200

Username is : pi

WiFi:

It cannot connect to hidden network easily. I needed to do sudo wpa_gui and then sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid NETWORKSSID to make it connect to hidden NETWORKSSID network.

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