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#Cac card reader for mac software how to#

The smart card reader should NOT BE listed under “Universal Serial Bus controllers”.

Device Manager should have entries for “Smart card readers” and “Smart cards”.

Choose OK, and the card reader will added to the list of USB device filters.

The default configuration should be fine.

Select the smart card reader from the list.

Click the USB icon with the plus (+) icon on the right-hand side of the “USB Device Filters” box.

Ensure the “Enable USB Controller” box is checked.

In the Settings dialog, go to Ports, then USB.

Go to Settings for the VM in VirtualBox.

Ensure the smart card reader is plugged in.

#Cac card reader for mac software how to#

The following steps describe how to configure a VirtualBox Windows 10 VM to use a smart card reader:

The light on the smart card reader (if it has one) will also be off instead of lighting up as the system reads the card. If they were, a dialog would appear displaying the available certificates. This prompt means the certificates on the smart card are not being recognized by the system. In an out-of-the-box Windows 10 VM, attempting to digitally sign a document such as a PDF will likely result in a prompt from your PDF reader asking you to manage/configure your certificates, such as the one below from Adobe Reader: While outside the scope of this post, plenty of information exists to help with the process of installing a Windows 10 VM in VirtualBox. I prefer the open source software VirtualBox to run VMs on my Mac. In these cases, I find it easier to use a Windows virtual machine for digital signing.

Smart cards and smart card readers generally work fine in Mac OS when used with a web browser, but they can be a bit challenging to use to digitally sign a document, such as a PDF. Configuring a Smart Card Reader in a VirtualBox Windows 10 VM