How to generate an SSH Key with Terminal so it works with GitHub

To generate a new key. Add a password so the key works with GitHub.

ssh-keygen

To add the key to GitHub, go to Settings => SSH and CPG keys => New SSH Key

To add new a key, you can specify a different name by entering the file path:

/Users/name/.ssh/name_of_key

The first “name” will already be determined by the user in your Mac, you will need to specify “name_of_key” so it’s saved a new key that you can use later.