On OS X you can easily decode base64 strings with the openssl command
openssl base64 -d -in <(echo “dGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3QKCg==”)
just drop the ‘-d’ if you want to encode things.
I found this here

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On OS X you can easily decode base64 strings with the openssl command
openssl base64 -d -in <(echo “dGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3QKCg==”)
just drop the ‘-d’ if you want to encode things.
I found this here