CAC Reader w/ Mac

[PMPT]

Bought the IOGear CAC reader from the NEX this weekend (the GSR202 model, to be specific) ... just tried plugging it and using it as per the instructions on the box and no luck. Has anyone had luck installing or using a CAC reader with a Mac? I'm intending to buy a PC soon but had hoped this would be usable in the interim.

Thanks.

 

[Jim123]

militarycac.com used to have pretty good gouge. Google CAC for Mac.

 

[Duc'-guy25]

Good luck. 7 years and I’ve never been tech savvy enough to get it to work with my Mac. Smarter people than I have though.

 

[robav8r]

Bought the IOGear CAC reader from the NEX this weekend (the GSR202 model, to be specific) ... just tried plugging it and using it as per the instructions on the box and no luck. Has anyone had luck installing or using a CAC reader with a Mac? I'm intending to buy a PC soon but had hoped this would be usable in the interim.

Thanks.

MilitaryCAC will walk you through it. Just bought a new MacBook Pro and have had no issues with OWA or other sites requiring CAC access.

 

[Jim123]

For the NMCI encrypted email, there used to be something called "lightweight portable security" that would boot your Mac with what I think was a very basic Linux kernal. I don't know if it's still a thing though.

Dunno if anybody ever figured out how to get the encrypted email to work on MacOS (and NMCI was always too lazy to support it themselves).

DTS, BOL, and a few other CAC login sites worked fine on my MacBook (up until a year ago when I stopped having to care anymore).

 

[robav8r]

The new Mac OS (Catalina) has resolved a lot of the security issues for NMCI. Follow the gouge on MilitaryCAC wrt certificate installa
And you’ll be fine . . .

 

[Pags]

The new Mac OS (Catalina) has resolved a lot of the security issues for NMCI. Follow the gouge on MilitaryCAC wrt certificate installa
And you’ll be fine . . .

Second for MilitaryCAC. A few years ago I spent a few hours following their gouge and in the end it worked (eventually). The experience isn't without issues such as when folks encrypt emails. It's generally easier for me bring home my work laptop if I know I'm going to need NMCI access.

 

[PMPT]

Yeah for some reason Marine Online won’t work with it but the military CAC gouge seems to have worked for most things. Only keen to use it to access webmail and FWB and so on. Makes it easier to be able to get some of that stuff prior to heading to brief etc. thanks for the insight folks.

 

[squorch2]

you’ll still want to install the DOD root certificates.
If you’re on Catalina all else is gravy

 

[red_stang65]

Also, OWA finally updated to a newer version allowing you to decrypt emails on Mac. It just requires you to open the email message in a new window. Currently working on Yosemite and High Sierra.

 

[AULANI]

Bought the IOGear CAC reader from the NEX this weekend (the GSR202 model, to be specific) ... just tried plugging it and using it as per the instructions on the box and no luck. Has anyone had luck installing or using a CAC reader with a Mac? I'm intending to buy a PC soon but had hoped this would be usable in the interim.

Thanks.

I have this same model and I've used it for over 2 years now with no problems. I'm using a MacBook Pro 2012 with Catalina OS.

 

[a_dub]

Same as above, recommend the militarycac website, go step by step-important, also if traveling internationally, use a VPN through the states to help.