diff --git a/fish/files/config.fish b/fish/files/config.fish
index 42f1dea..21d47d5 100644
--- a/fish/files/config.fish
+++ b/fish/files/config.fish
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ end
 
 status is-interactive; and begin
 
+    # On macOS SSH sessions, normalize TERM if remote terminfo is missing
+    # (eg. TERM=alacritty from Linux host), otherwise tools like jj/less warn
+    if test (uname) = Darwin; and set -q SSH_TTY
+        if not infocmp "$TERM" >/dev/null 2>&1
+            set -gx TERM xterm-256color
+        end
+    end
+
     # Abbreviations
     abbr -a tx 'tmux'
     abbr -a txa 'tmux attach'
diff --git a/matugen/files/scripts/sync-mac.sh b/matugen/files/scripts/sync-mac.sh
index d0f706b..9b2bed5 100755
--- a/matugen/files/scripts/sync-mac.sh
+++ b/matugen/files/scripts/sync-mac.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ sync_file() {
   remote_path="$2"
   remote_cmd="${3-}"
 
+  # If caller passes a local absolute path, mirror it under remote $HOME.
+  case "$remote_path" in
+    "$HOME")
+      remote_path="~"
+      ;;
+    "$HOME"/*)
+      remote_path="~/${remote_path#"$HOME"/}"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
   remote_dir="$(dirname "$remote_path")"
   remote_tmp="${remote_path}.tmp"