SSH (or ) 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.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)1. Get a Static IP Address on your MacThe 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 that clearly outlines the process of setting up a static IP address. Follow the steps, then come back here to finish setting up SSH on your Mac.2. Enable SSH on your MacNext, we’ll enable SSH on the Mac you’re going to be accessing remotely.
Navigate to System Preferences Sharing.3. Configure Port MappingsPort mapping is another topic that we covered in the past. Follow the directions, while making the following changes when it comes to specifying the ports. Access your Mac remotely via Command lineNow 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. Access your Mac’s files remotely via SSHWith an SFTP client (like, or ), 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.After you click connect, you will be browse, download, and upload files to your Mac remotely.Follow this article’s author,.
On the plus side, there is a command that can be executed to turn on the SSH service, and another couple of commands can optionally configure the service and secure it so that only those requiring.