# Solution steps to reproduce: 1. be sure you are connected on internet so download and install `Raspberry Pi Imager` from official https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ 2. so from your `macOS` open up `Raspberry Pi Imager` 3. at operating system choose `Erase Format card as FAT32`. So choose `Storage` and then `Write` 4. at operating system choose `Raspberry Pi OS (other)` then choose `Raspberry Pi OS Lite (32-bit)`. So choose `Storage` and then `Write` 5. to let `ssh` available into `raspberrypi` just create an empty file called `ssh` into `/Volumes/boot` 6. you can now safely disconnect `/Volumes/boot` 7. power-on via `ethernet` this `raspberrypi` with the new `boot` 8. be sure on your `macOS` file `~/.ssh/config` is empty 9. be sure on your `macOS` file `~/.ssh/known_hosts` is empty 10. from your `macOS` open up a terminal and run command `ssh [email protected]` so choose `yes` and type default password `raspberry` 11. get `ip` of `raspberrypi` by running command `hostname -I` 12. run command `exit` 13. now use command `ssh pi@<ip address you copied just above>` so choose `yes` and type default password `raspberry` # Environment ###### macOS ```bash ➜ ~ sw_vers ProductName: macOS ProductVersion: 11.4 BuildVersion: 20F71 ➜ ~ /usr/bin/ssh -V OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3 ``` ###### raspberrypi ```bash pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Release: 10 Codename: buster pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ssh -V OpenSSH_7.9p1 Raspbian-10+deb10u2+rpt1, OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019 ```