Thursby said the development of PKard Reader and its Mac CAC software leveraged the company's PKard Toolkit 2.0 SDK. Not simply an SDK to access the “chip” on a CAC/PIV card, but an entire. To get started you will need: CAC (see note below); Card reader; 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. The PKard Reader hardware plugs directly into the 30-pin connector on the bottom of an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch making for a simple, fast and secure plug'n'play solution that's independent of the form factor of the particular i-device model.

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CAC drivers (Video)

DoD certificates (Video)

ActivClient Software (Video)

IE Adjustments (Video)

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Acrobat Reader For Mac

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