# Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account As a newbie, you don't understand this, but... _when you're in a terminal and you're fussing with **git** and you push and **oops** it doesn't work._ Maybe you need to make sure your git account has keys on your Mac so that `git push` works right. To configure your account on GitHub.com to use your new (or existing) SSH key, you'll also need to add the key to your account. https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account