Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Adding an SSH private key to the Mac keychain

#mac
#ssh

To add a private key to the system keychain, in a terminal:

# /usr/bin/ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/private-key

Pay attention to launch Apple's ssh-add in /usr/bin in case you upgraded OpenSSH with MacPorts or Homebrew.

#mac
#ssh

Written by Gregory Pakosz

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