Sometimes you need to edit files on a remote server via Secure Shell (SSH). In OSX you can easily mount a remote server to a virtual drive.

First you need an empty local directory - in this case I created /Volumes/sshfs-mount/. This directory will be the mount point for sshfs - your ssh server will be connected to this folder.

You can put it somewhere else, but make sure it exists!

If not already installed, install FUSE for OSX which can be downloaded here http://osxfuse.github.io.

After everything is set up, you can run the following command to mount your server to your previously created folder:

sshfs username@hostname.com:/ -p 22 /Volumes/sshfs-mount/