I have been using my CAC reader daily since March. Last Thursday it mysteriously stopped working. All the DOD Certs are re-loaded (and trusted), but I cannot access the certs that are on the CAC. I did not install any OS updates (currently running Catalina v. 10.15.6.
MacBook Pro
Open Keychain Access and look for Identity Preference in the Kind column (you can sort by that column).
If there is a preference for any of the sites that don't work, delete it.
Then try to connect to the site in a private browser window.
Try accessing the sites in a Private browser window. That will prevent it from using any cached credentials, and prevent it from saving any.
Does it light up when you plug it in?
Try using it in a different (new) account, even Guest would work to troubleshoot.
Tried that but no luck. Thanks anyway. I found some other info that might pay off - have to basically re-initiate the CAC drivers in Catalina (known problem w/ certain CAC variants, which of course is what I have...)
Yes, CAC reader lights up and shows up in the System Report correctly. CAC works with another reader on two different machines. Will try another CAC reader tomorrow (when I can get one). Have tried several different websites (not accounts) with no luck. System will just not recognize the certs on the CAC. It worked from March until last Thurs and all of a sudden stopped reading the CAC certs. Do you know if Apple pushed a new software update around then???
Yes - just the reader drivers, but even that didn't do the trick. Still looking...
Nothing like that in the keychain list. Already tried to access the site in a private browser window but still no luck.
You should not install any CAC enabling software in Catalina. If you are talking about the reader drivers, that may be necessary.
CAC Reader stopped working
