# YouTube (english) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtU2_bBfSgM # YouTube (french) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnaVBnERDU # # On your laptop, connect to the Mac instance with SSH (similar to Linux instances) # ssh -i ec2-user@ # # On the Mac # # Set a password for ec2-user sudo passwd ec2-user # Enable VNC Server (thanks arnib@amazon.com for the feedback and tests) sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \ -activate -configure -access -on \ -configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers \ -configure -users ec2-user \ -configure -restart -agent -privs -all sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \ -configure -access -on -privs -all -users ec2-user exit # # On your laptop # Create a SSH tunnel to VNC and connect from a vnc client using user ec2-user and the password you defined. # ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 -C -N -i ec2-user@ # open another terminal open vnc://localhost # # On the mac EC2 instance, resize the APFS container to match EBS volume size # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-mac-instances.html#mac-instance-increase-volume # PDISK=$(diskutil list physical external | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1) APFSCONT=$(diskutil list physical external | grep "Apple_APFS" | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f8) sudo diskutil repairDisk $PDISK # Accept the prompt with "y", then paste this command sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer $APFSCONT 0 # # (optional) On the mac EC2 Instance, set screen resolution # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-mac-instances.html#mac-screen-resolution # brew tap jakehilborn/jakehilborn && brew install displayplacer displayplacer list displayplacer "id: res:x origin:(0,0) degree:0" RES="2560x1600" displayplacer "id:69784AF1-CD7D-B79B-E5D4-60D937407F68 res:${RES} scaling:off origin:(0,0) degree:0"