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one of the more popular ones. Download it from
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
You do not need an additional SSH client to connect to the Pi on
Mac OS X.
To connect to your Pi over SSH on Windows (8/7/Vista/XP):
1. Locate the file putty.exe that you downloaded, and
then double-click it.
2. In the Host Name (or IP address) box, type the IP
address of your Pi.
3. Click Open.
4. At the login prompt, type pi.
5. At the password prompt, type your password and
press Enter. This is raspberry if you have not
changed it.
To connect to your Pi over SSH on Mac OS X:
1. On the dock, click Finder.
2. On the sidebar, click Applications.
3. Click Utilities, and then double-click Terminal.
4. Type the following command, replacing <IP> with
the IP address of your Raspberry Pi:
ssh pi@<IP>
5. Press Enter.
6. At the password prompt, type your password and
press Enter. The default password is raspberry if
you have not changed it.
Connecting to the Pi with Remote Desktop
Microsoft Windows comes with an application called “Remote
Desktop”. You can use this to connect to your Raspberry Pi and
use the desktop environment from a Windows computer. Mac
OS X users need to download “Microsoft Remote Desktop” from
the Mac App Store.