Connecting to the terminal of your Mac - from anywhere
Francesca shows how to open a terminal on your Mac from your iPhone: switch on Remote Login (SSH) on the Mac, connect with Awacino, and log in with an SSH app like WebSSH - without a VPN and without opening a port.
Step by step
Step 1Open Sharing on the Mac
On the Mac, open System Settings, General, Sharing.
Step 2Turn on Remote Login
Turn on Remote Login - that is SSH. You log in later with your Mac user name and password.
Step 3Connect with Awacino
On your phone, open Awacino, tap Connect on your Mac and beam into its network. The phone gets an address in your home network, and Awacino shows the IP address of the Mac - tap the copy icon next to it.
Step 4Connect with an SSH app
Install an SSH app on the iPhone, for example WebSSH. Add a connection, paste the IP address as the host, keep port 22, enter your Mac user name and password, and tap Connect.
Step 5Your terminal
There is your Mac's terminal - from anywhere, on mobile data or in a hotel Wi-Fi, without opening a port on your router.
Why this way
Remote Login is already built into every Mac. Awacino only adds the way in from outside.
No open port
Your router stays closed. Port 22 is only reachable inside your network - and your iPhone is in that network through the beam.
No VPN server
Nothing to set up on the router, no VPN gateway, no dynamic DNS. Awacino finds the direct, end-to-end encrypted path by itself.
Your usual app
You keep the SSH app you like. Awacino only gives your iPhone an address inside your home network, so the app connects as if you were at home.