You can find these drivers on the Reader’s Manufacturer Website. If for some reason your CAC reader isn’t working, you may need to download the appropriate drivers for your CAC reader. If you have one of the CAC readers we suggested above, then you should be good to go. Once you have your CAC reader, plug it into your Mac and ensure your computer recognizes it. If you already have a CAC reader and it isn’t Mac friendly, you could update the firmware, however, for the non-tech savvy people out there, it’s probably better to just purchase a new one and save the headache – they’re only ~$11-13 dollars. There are only a couple that you can choose from and I’ve listed them below. Purchase a CAC reader that works for your Mac.

Step 1: Purchase a Mac Friendly CAC Reader

Look at graphs to see which CAC enabler to use.Check to ensure your Mac accepts the reader.PO Box, APO/FPO, Alaska/Hawaii, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Nordfriesische Inseln, Ostfriesische Inseln, Ostseeinseln, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, US Protectorates, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.Here are the steps on how to install a CAC Reader for Mac:

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