
ppk format private key and want to use it with the built-in OpenSSH on Mac on the command line or in scripts, you can use the following commands.įirst, install PuTTY for Mac using brew install putty or port install putty (see below). How to use PuTTY SSH keys with the built-in OpenSSH This is recommended for users who are not accustomed to using a command line. This opens a graphical dialog asking for the host to connect to and the user name. The second option is to select New Remote Connection. Running SSH with a graphical user interface This is more familiar for Linux and Unix users who are used to using a command line. The first approach is to type ssh hostname or ssh into the terminal window. Once you have the terminal window open, you have two alternatives. Running SSH from the terminal command line Terminal can be used to get a local terminal window, and also supports SSH connections to remote servers. To use it, goto Finder, and selext Go -> Utilities from the top menu. Mac OS X includes a command-line SSH client as part of the operating system. If you actually need to be productive, don't bother with this app.Contents Using the built-in SSH client in Mac OS X Running SSH from the terminal command line Running SSH with a graphical user interface How to use PuTTY SSH keys with the built-in OpenSSH Ported PuTTY for Mac Installation using HomeBrew Installation using MacPorts Alternatives to PuTTY on the Mac Using the built-in SSH client in Mac OS X If you want a toy SSH and FTP client that will be used to move one or two. I think the only hope for this app is to be rewritten from scratch. The problems are many, random, impossible to reproduce, and therefore impossible to report. And the crashes, for reasons unknown to me, don't show the macOS crash report dialog that you normally see. The worst part is, the "unknown error" alerts happen entirely randomly, there is no way to reproduce the bug, so it's impossible to report it to the dev. It's incredibly frustrating and rather than aiding me at doing my job, it makes it even more frustrating. Ocassionally it will randomly give you "unknown error" alerts and you will be BOMBED with them (you really have to dismiss hundreds of them at a time - one by one). It crashes all the time for no apparent reason.



A few months ago I started doing heavy SSH and FTP related work, mostly with moving files around in a server. I bought this app many years ago and I used it ocassionally for light FTP tasks.
