Miguel ArrozSep 16, 2025

macOS Tahoe UI has a HUGE new feature for folks like me who have 24/7 Mac Minis running and access them remotely: you can now type the boot password remotely via SSH!

Power on the Mac, then SSH to it. A simple SSH server will handle your request. Typing the password there is equivalent to typing it on the keyboard. The connection then closes and the machine boots normally.

Combine this with "Start up automatically after a power failure" and you can ditch that KVM! #macadmins

Show threadRecovered Expert
@arroz seriously? Wow. Limited to certain hardware? I mean, other than Apple Silicon of course.
Sep 16, 2025 at 6:37pmIvory for iOS
Show threadMiguel ArrozSep 16, 2025
@RecoveredExpert I assume it works on any Mac, at least Apple Silicon. Not sure about the few Intel that still run Tahoe. I didn’t have time to read the man page yet.
Show threadRecovered ExpertSep 16, 2025
@arroz Well, the only intel based Mac that I would spent even a few seconds to think about is a 7,1 b/c of it‘s max RAM for a select few tasks. But that machine is going to be obsolete soon as well.