Navy Cac Reader Software Mac
- CAC Reader Driver (reader “talks” to computer) ActivClient (card “talks” to Windows) LotusForms (view forms) (replaced PureEdge) ApproveIt (sign forms) AcitvClient software is accessed using your AKO username / password (for Army personnel) Lotus & ApproveIt require CAC.YOU MUST BE AN ADMINISTRATOR ON YOUR COMPUTER TO.
- Plug your CAC reader into any available USB port on your PC. If you have the proper CAC reader, the device should install automatically and work. If you don't have a CAC reader, email our M6 group (USN-MEDLANT-IT@mail.mil) and we will provide one if available.
You can get started using your CAC on your Mac OS X system by following these basic steps: Get a card reader. Typically Macs do not come with card readers and therefore an external card reader is necessary. At this time, the best advice for obtaining a card reader is through working with your home component.
Installation Steps |
Step 1: Obtain a CAC Reader |
Step 2:CAC Reader driver |
Step 3:DoD Certificates |
Step 4:ActivClient |
Step 4a:Update ActivClient |
Step 5: IE adjustments |
WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1 & 10 USERS:
If your CAC a 'GEMALTO TOP DL GX4144,' 'GEMALTO DLGX4-A 144,' 'Oberthur ID One 128 v5.5 Dual', or 'G&D FIPS 201 SCE 3.2' you 'may' be able to use your CAC without needing to install any middleware.Read more about the older CACs and how to replace them
The Navy download sites below require you to login with your CAC
Windows 10 usersclick here for information on how to use your CAC on your computer.
Windows 8/8.1 usersclick here for information on how to use your CAC on your computer.
NAVY personnel have these options to get ActivClient (I wish it was easier for you to get the software):
1. Navy Reserve personnel with installation questions and troubleshooting can contact:
2. Contact your Information Technology (IT) personnel to get the software. The Command Information Assurance Manager (IAM) controls the licensing through the INFOSEC website.
3. Further questions can be sent to:
You may purchase ActivClient 7.1 (Works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, & 10)
Navy specific issues:
INFORMATION FOR APPLE MAC USERS ONLY
NOTE: For whatever reason, in order to access some of the Navy CAC-enabled sites, you must CANCEL when it first asks for your PIN. After canceling, you can then choose your certificate, and it will give you a second opportunity to enter your PIN. At this point, the PIN must be entered.
Information for NAVY personnel using Apple Computers: NROWS will not continue to the login page if it identifies your browser as non-compatible. This is easily fixed by having Safari report it 'is' IE. Go to Safari->Preferences ->Advanced and ensure the 'Show develop menu' check box is ticked. Now when you open NROWS and it gives the browser error, go to the Develop menu in the menu bar and select User Agent->Internet Explorer (any version 6.0 or greater) The 'Unsupported' page will refresh, just hit the back button and voila, you're at the login screen. This works from the Navy Reserve Web site, or directly to the URL: https://nrows.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/nrows/
You can try this as well for NROWS, but, you'll need Google Chrome:
NROWS sets some narrow parameters when it comes to User Agent identification. Thursby software has figured this out. You'll need to build an AppleScript and use Google Chrome as your browser:
The first step is to build the AppleScript.

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- Open Utilities > AppleScript Editor.
- Paste the code from below.
- Choose File > Save As…
- Select File Format: Application.
- Give the item a name and save.
- Then run the app.
Code:
set myURL to 'https://nrows.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/nrows/'
tell application 'System Events'
set processList to name of every process
end tell
if processList contains 'Google Chrome' then
beep
set theReturnedItems to (display dialog 'Google Chrome is already running.' & return & 'Would you like to quit and relaunch it?' default button 'Cancel')
set theButtonName to the button returned of theReturnedItems
-- If user clicks 'Cancel', this part of the script is never executed.
end if
-- This gets the path to Google Chrome. Unfortunately, it also launches the app.
set myGoogleChromePath to POSIX path of (path to application 'Google Chrome')
tell application 'Google Chrome' to quit
delay 1
set myCommand to 'open ' & quoted form of (myGoogleChromePath)
set myAgent to '--args -user-agent='Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; pl-PL; rv:2.0) Gecko/20110307 Firefox/4.0'
set myscript to myCommand & ' ' & myAgent & ' ' & myURL
do shell script myscript
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