Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Allow a remote computer to access your Mac
Turn on Remote Login to access your Mac from another computer using SSH (Secure Shell Protocol) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Set up Remote Login on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Sharing. (You may need to scroll down.)Click
next to Remote Login.Turn on Remote Login.
If you want remote users to have full access to the disk on your Mac, turn on “Allow full disk access for remote users.”
Click the “Allow access for” pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
Let everyone log in to your computer: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for,” then choose “All users.”
Choose who can log in to your computer: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for,” choose “Only these users,” click
at the bottom of the list, select users who can log in remotely, then click Select.Users & Groups includes all the users of your Mac. Network Users and Network Groups include people on your network.
To remove a user from the list, select the user, then click
.
Log in to your Mac from another computer
On the other computer, open the Terminal app
(if it’s a Mac) or an SSH client.Type the ssh command, then press Return.
The basic ssh command format is:
ssh username@hostnameThe hostname can be an IP address or a domain name. For example, if your user name is steve, and your computer’s IP address is 10.1.2.3, enter the following:
ssh steve@10.1.2.3Enter your password, then press Return.
Find the SSH command to use to log in to your Mac from another computer
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click
next to Remote Login.Note the SSH command shown below the “Remote Login: On” indicator.
Allowing remote login to your Mac can make it less secure. See Set up your Mac to be secure.