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SSH into Mac from anywhere

macOS has a built-in SSH server that allows you to access your Mac’s terminal remotely. With Pinggy, you can bypass NAT and firewalls to SSH into your Mac from anywhere in the world.

Step 1: Enable Remote Login on Mac

To allow SSH connections to your Mac, you must enable “Remote Login”:

  1. Click the Apple menu and select System Settings (or System Preferences).
  2. Go to General > Sharing (or just Sharing on older versions).
  3. Toggle the Remote Login switch to On.
  4. (Optional) Click the Info button next to Remote Login to specify which users are allowed to connect.

Step 2: Start a Pinggy Tunnel

Open the Terminal app on your Mac and run the following command to create a TCP tunnel to your SSH port:

ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:22 tcp@a.pinggy.io

Customize your command:

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Pinggy will provide you with a public URL and port, for example: tcp://example.pinggy.link:54321

Using Your Pinggy Account

If you have a Pinggy account, you can use your token to get a persistent address. Find your token in the Pinggy Dashboard.

ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:22 <token>+tcp@a.pinggy.io

Step 3: Access your Mac remotely

Use an SSH client on another machine to connect to your Mac using the Pinggy URL:

ssh -p 54321 username@example.pinggy.link

Replace 54321 and example.pinggy.link with the actual values from the tunnel output. username is your macOS short username (you can find it by typing whoami in the terminal).