Why are .bash_profile settings not applied on macOS?

Question

bash

I made aliases for some commands in the .bash_profile file, but they are only applied after the command source ~/.bash_profileand bash will not see them if I restart the terminal and do not enter this command. How can this be fixed?

Answer 1

bash will not see them if I restart the terminal and do not enter this command

restart terminal this to .bashrc
.bash_profile read on login
Bash Startup Files

Answer 2

Use .bashrc
AND read the documentation