I created a new keypair and downloaded it to my mac, then set up a new Amazon Linux AMI server with that keypair and my security group. Now I need to put the keypair .pem file t
You can use Java MindTerm to connect to your EC2 server in Macbook pro. It works for me. here are the more details and step by step instruction.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html