One caveat is that like many solutions, it relies on a kernel extension which has been deprecated by macOS and requires a reboot into recovery mode to reduce security level on newer M1 based macs.Īnother style of implementing SSHFS is implementing a local NFS server that the operating system connects to. If you're looking for a free or open-source option, this is a good place to start. It is a relatively straightforward no-frills command-line appliation without any user interface, but it is well tested and used by many. The go-to opensource option is the port of SSHFS from Linux by macFUSE. The changes you make are immediately and securely synced out to the server over the SSH channel and you don't have to think twice after you hit the save button. Practically speaking that means you can copy and paste file from local to remote from within Finder, or edit files directly on the server using whatever tools you normally use like VS Code, Photoshop, even Microsoft office. Thankfully, there is a better way to interact with files on your server and that is using a SSHFS-type (SSH Filesystem) tool so you can interact with remote storage as if it was local storage on your machine.

Manually transferring files that you're editing back and forth can turn into a cumbersome and repetitive task.

When you're working with a remote server over SSH it's often the case you need to regularly edit files on that server.

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