SSH (or Secure Shell) is a great service to enable on your Mac at home or work. This useful tool not only enables the ability to remotely access the command line interface of your Mac, but also to remotely access your files through a secure FTP (SFTP) connection, which gives you the ability to transfer files at will. Read on to find out how to transfer files between your own computers over a secure network connection using any modern FTP program.
- I, myself, don’t SSH into my website, and hence don’t really mind the absence of PuTTY. However, it does pose a problem to many people who use PuTTY and have only recently made the switch to Mac.
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What You’ll Need:
>> Mac
>> Router with Port Mapping feature (we’re using an AirPort Extreme)
>> SSH or Terminal app to access command line (We’re using the built-in Terminal app)
>> SFTP/FTP client (We’re using Transmit from Panic)
>> Router with Port Mapping feature (we’re using an AirPort Extreme)
>> SSH or Terminal app to access command line (We’re using the built-in Terminal app)
>> SFTP/FTP client (We’re using Transmit from Panic)
Depending on the Jamf Pro server configuration, installation may include an MDM profile. Enrollment creates an inventory record in the Jamf Pro database. Configuration profiles, apps, and remote commands can be deployed to enrolled computers.
1. Get a Static IP Address on your Mac
The first step to setting up these web services on your Mac is specifying a static IP address on the Mac you’ll be connecting to. Because we’ve covered this step multiple times, we’ll point you to an article we wrote earlier that clearly outlines the process of setting up a static IP address. Follow the steps in the past article, then come back here to finish setting up SSH on your Mac.
2. Enable SSH on your Mac
Next, we’ll enable SSH on the Mac you’re going to be accessing remotely. Navigate to System Preferences > Sharing.
3. Configure Port Mappings
Port mapping is another topic that we covered in the past. Follow the directions in the past article, while making the following changes when it comes to specifying the ports.
4. Access your Mac remotely via Command line
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Now that you’ve enabled SSH and configured port mapping on your router, you will be able to access your Mac’s command line and files remotely.
5. Access your Mac’s files remotely via SSH
With an SFTP client (like Panic’s Transmit, or FileZilla), you can quickly access your files remotely thanks to SSH on your home or work Mac. We’re going to show you how to do the following steps using Transmit.
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After you click connect, you will be browse, download, and upload files to your Mac remotely.
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