How to access putty session of AWS EC2 instance using MAC(Apple based system)

Pre-requisites:

Make sure that private key for EC2 instance is download to the local machine.

Provide proper permissions to the private key file.(Chmod 444 <filename_of_private_key>

Process:

•  open terminal connection from MAC system. 

• issue putty command: 

                          ssh ec2-user@<ip_address> -i <private_key>

The above highlighted, <ip_address> and <Private key>  will vary from one ec2 instance to another.