SCM-SCR3500 Smart Card Reader problems

I'm having the same issue. My MacBook sees the reader but won't read the card. I found a note under the review (Posted July 9, 2015) for the reader I just bought, SCR3500A, that seems to indicate this may be an issue in Yosemite (http://www.apple.com/us_smb_338040/shop/reviews/H2312LL/A/scm-scr3500-smart-card -reader ). I'm using PKard S/W from Thursby. I plugged in a different reader, SCR3310, and it reads my card fine.

Thursby seems to be blaming Apple OS X Yosemite. Hopefully Apple fixes this soon since this small fold up reader is ideal for my MacBook. A co-worker has the SCR3500 (not A) and it seems fine. Will try that one out later to see if it behaves differently

Well, according to this site:

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/H2312LL/A/scm-scr3500-smart-card-reader

this reader's specs include the very old Leopard as a system requirement, so it has been around for quite some time. The reviews are from 2010 and 2011. You might want to contact the maker of this reader as third party accessory mfrs need to make their equipment work with operating systems, not the other way around.

If the issue was with the SCR3500A, i finally located an updated driver that made everything work. I'm now able to successfully read my CAC. I thought I had already loaded the newest driver but turns out, after searching several blogs, that there was an even newer one. The vendor site wasn't the easiest to navigate. Anyway, here's the article and driver link:

Article: http://support.identive-group.com/show_faq.php?f_kz=1065&lang=EN

Update: http://support.identive-group.com/download.php?ref=kb&file=driver/scmccid_5.0.34_mac.zip

I did not have a chance to double check if the SCR3500 (no A) worked without the update, but i believe it would.

Yep, i didn't mean to type apple, I meant Identive the reader manufacturer.