How to copy files from Ubuntu to Mac

Saturday 9 October 2021

If remote login is not enabled on Mac, SSH connection will fail:

~/Videos$ scp -r MyDir/ user@192.168.0.30:/Users/user/Movies

ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.30 port 22: Connection refused

lost connection

We need to enable remote login on Mac (System Preferences >> Sharing):

~/Videos$ scp -r MyDir/ user@192.168.0.30:/Users/user/Movies

The authenticity of host '192.168.0.30 (192.168.0.30)' can't be established.

ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:fvlF0KH/l1N/fHmg4etTM/OR9DJYl1mnzD2iD43R+j5.

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes

Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.30' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.

Password:

file1.m4v 100% 137MB 1.6MB/s 01:28

file2.m4v 100% 151MB 1.5MB/s 01:40

Files are copied to /Users/user/Movies/MyDir/.

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