Tmate is a powerful terminal sharing tool that allows remote access to your macOS system. Installing Tmate is easy and can be done in a few steps.
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that allows you to easily manage software packages on your system. To install Homebrew, open the Terminal app and run the following command:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
After installing Homebrew, simply run the following command in the terminal to install Tmate:
brew install tmate
This command will download and install Tmate and its dependencies on your system.
To use Tmate, you need to generate SSH keys. To generate SSH keys, open the Terminal app and run the following command:
ssh-keygen
Follow the prompts to generate the keys. By default, the keys will be stored in the .ssh directory in your home folder.
To start Tmate, open the Terminal app and run the following command:
tmate
This will start the Tmate server and display a unique SSH URL that you can share with anyone you want to invite to your session.
To join a Tmate session, simply run the ssh command using the SSH URL provided by the Tmate server. For example:
ssh <SSH_URL>
Replace <SSH_URL> with the URL provided by the Tmate server. You will be asked to enter the username and password that you used to generate your SSH keys.
Tmate is a fantastic tool for remote collaboration on macOS systems. By following this tutorial, you can easily install and start using Tmate on your system.
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