Intro The ssh agent on macOS can add your private key and the passphrase of this to the keychain (“Keychain Access.app”). This is nifty because you unlock the access with your normal login into the macOS user. Meaning you can use your key without typing in the passphrase for every session. Keep in mind that you gain some comfort/convenience at the cost of some security. How-To Tell SSH to use the keychain Add the following to the ~/.ssh/config file: Host *UseKeychain yesAddKeysToAgent yes...
