Download the 5 files via links below (you may need to <ctrl> click, select Download Linked File As.. on each link) Save to your downloads folder
Please know.. IF You have any DoD certificates already located in your keychain access, you will need to delete them prior to running the AllCerts.p7b file below.
https://militarycac.com/maccerts/AllCerts.p7b,
https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert2.cer,
https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert3.cer,
https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert4.cer, and
Double click each of the files to install certificates into the login section of keychain
Select the Kind column, verify the arrow is pointing up, scroll down to certificate, look for all of the following certificates:
DOD EMAIL CA-33 through DOD EMAIL CA-34,
DOD EMAIL CA-39 through DOD EMAIL CA-44,
DOD EMAIL CA-49 through DOD EMAIL CA-52,
DOD EMAIL CA-59,
DOD ID CA-33 through DOD ID CA-34,
DOD ID CA-39 through DOD ID CA-44,
DOD ID CA-49 through DOD ID CA-52,
DOD ID CA-59
DOD ID SW CA-35 through DOD ID SW CA-38,
DOD ID SW CA-45 through DOD ID SW CA-48,
DoD Root CA 2 through DoD Root CA 5,
DOD SW CA-53 through DOD SW CA-58, and
DOD SW CA-60 through DOD SW CA-61
NOTE: If you are missing any of the above certificates, you have 2 choices,
1. Delete all of them, and re-run the 5 files above, or
2. Download the allcerts.zip file and install each of the certificates you are missing individually.
Errors:
Error 100001 Solution
Error 100013 Solution
You may notice some of the certificates will have a red circle with a white X . This means your computer does not trust those certificates
You need to manually trust the DoD Root CA 2, 3, 4, & 5 certificates
Double click each of the DoD Root CA certificates, select the triangle next to Trust, in the When using this certificate: select Always Trust, repeat until all 4 do not have the red circle with a white X.
You may be prompted to enter computer password when you close the window
Once you select Always Trust, your icon will have a light blue circle with a white + on it.
The 'bad certs' that have caused problems for Windows users may show up in the keychain access section on some Macs. These need to be deleted / moved to trash.
The DoD Root CA 2 & 3 you are removing has a light blue frame, leave the yellow frame version. The icons may or may not have a red circle with the white x
or DoD Interoperability Root CA 1 or CA 2 certificate
DoD Root CA 2 or 3 (light blue frame ONLY) certificate
or Federal Bridge CA 2016 or 2013 certificate
or Federal Common Policy CAcertificate
or or SHA-1 Federal Root CA G2 certificate
or US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA 1 certificate
If you have tried accessing CAC enabled sites prior to following these instructions, please go through this page before proceeding
Clearing the keychain (opens a new page)
Please come back to this page to continue installation instructions.
Step 5a: DoD certificate installation instructions for Firefox users
NOTE: Firefox will not work on Catalina (10.15.x), or last 4 versions of Mac OS if using the native Apple smartcard ability
Download AllCerts.zip, [remember where you save it].
double click the allcerts.zip file (it'll automatically extract into a new folder)
Option 1 to install the certificates (semi automated):
From inside the AllCerts extracted folder, select all of the certificates
<control> click (or Right click) the selected certificates, select Open With, Other..
In the Enable (selection box), change to All Applications
Select Firefox, then Open
You will see several dozen browser tabs open up, let it open as many as it wants.
You will eventually start seeing either of the 2 messages shown next
If the certificate is not already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating 'You have been asked to trust a new Certificate Authority (CA).'

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Check all three boxes to allow the certificate to: identify websites, identify email users, and identify software developers
or
'Alert This certificate is already installed as a certificate authority.' Click OK
Once you've added all of the certificates..
• Click Firefox (word) (upper left of your screen)
• Preferences
• Advanced (tab)
• Press Network under the Advanced Tab
• In the Cached Web Content section, click Clear Now (button).
• Quit Firefox and restart it
Option 2 to install the certificates (very tedious manual):
Click Firefox (word) (upper left of your screen)
Preferences
Advanced (tab on left side of screen)
Certificates (tab)
View Certificates (button)
Authorities (tab)
Import (button)
Browse to the DoD certificates (AllCerts) extracted folder you downloaded and extracted above.
Note: You have to do this step for every single certificate
Note2: If the certificate is already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating: 'Alert This certificate is already installed as a certificate authority (CA).' Click OK
Note3: If the certificate is not already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating 'You have been asked to trust a new Certificate Authority (CA).'
Check all three boxes to allow the certificate to: identify websites, identify email users, and identify software developers
Once you've added all of the certificates..
• Click Firefox (word) (upper left of your screen)
• Preferences
• Advanced (tab)
• Press Network under the Advanced Tab
• In the Cached Web Content section, click Clear Now (button).
• Quit Firefox and restart it
Step 6: Decide which CAC enabler you can / want to use
Only for Mac El Capitan (10.11.x or older)
After installing the CAC enabler, restart the computer and go to a CAC enabled website
NOTE: Mac OS Sierra (10.12.x), High Sierra (10.13.x), Mojave (10.14.x) or Catalina (10.15.x) computers no longer need a CAC Enabler.
Try to access the CAC enabled site you need to access now
Mac support provided by: Michael Danberry
Mac OS X Lion is should be available to install as soon as this Thursday. As this is the first Mac App Store OS installation you will be doing, we wanted to share a collection of tips and tasks to perform today, before the official release, so that your Mac is ready for OS X 10.7.

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Mac OS X Lion is expected to launch on July 14th alongside new MacBook Air models. The OS X update will be available in the Mac App Store for $29.99.

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Install OS X 10.6.8 Update

The first thing you need to do is install the latest OS X update. This update was released in early July to prepare your Snow Leopard Mac and the Mac App Store for the OS X Lion download.
You can download the OS X 10.6.8 update by clicking on the Apple in the upper left of your display and choosing Software Update… or you can download it directly from Apple.
We recommend updating to the latest version of OS X 10.6 today, as the download will likely be much slower on the day OS X 10.7 Lion launches. The only place to get Lion is the Mac App Store, which could put a strain on Apple’s servers.

Clean Up Your Mac

In order to download and install OS X Lion we are hearing that you need 4GB free to download the installation file, and possibly 8GB free total to perform the installation. If you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro you probably have plenty of room, but if you are on a MacBook Air you may need to clean off some space on your SSD in order to be ready for Lion.
GrandPerspective Can track down large files for easy backup or removal.
We suggest using the free GrandPerspective tool to find out which folders and files are using up the most storage space. This tool helped us recover 30GB of storage in 10 minutes. We needed to clean house thanks to the small 128GB SSD on our MacBook Air, which had filled up to just 3GB of free space thanks to a lot of random files and several large video projects we didn’t need.
If you can’t delete the files, move them to an external hard drive for safe storage. Keep in mind after you delete files they will be removed from future Time Machine backups.

Time Machine Backup

After you install the latest update you should take the time to perform a full Time Machine backup, or backup to whichever cloud service you are using. If you have a spare hard drive nearby, a Time Machine backup will be much faster than a cloud based backup, assuming you start today.
Time Machine is an easy to use backup tool in OS X.
Setting up a Time Machine backup is straightforward and pretty fast. We show you how to get started with a Time Machine Backup in this article. If something goes wrong durin the upgrade process, this backup will allow you to restore your Mac to working order and try again.

Ensure you have a Mac App Store Account

If you have made a purchase in iTunes you should be all set up to purchase OS X Lion in the Mac App Store, but if you haven’t set up an Apple ID and payment method now would be a good time to do so.

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You can follow the directions from Apple to set up your account. After your Apple ID is configured, log into the Mac App Store and download a free app to make sure everything works as expected.

Prepare a USB Stick for a Clean Lion Install

The Mac App Store download is expected to offer a fast and easy upgrade from Snow Leopard to OS X Lion which will suffice or most users. If you want to perform a clean installation of OS X Lion, you will likely need to create a DVD or USB installation disk using the Mac App Store download.
How to format the MacBook Air USB disk to become an OS X Lion USB drive.
After you prepare your USB drive, you just need to wait for OS X Lion to arrive in the Mac App Store. After you purchase and download the Lion installer you need to extract the disk image and “burn” it to your USB drive or DVD. You can read the full directions for burning a OS X Lion boot disk at Egg Freckles.
This is not an essential step in preparing for OS X Lion, but certainly one that advanced users may want to take advantage of.
Mac OS X Lion is expected to be available on July 14th via the Mac App store for $29.99. The upgrade is available only on the Mac App store, which means users of older OS X versions will need to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, unless a work around is discovered. You can learn about the new features in OS X Lion, to see why you may want to upgrade to Lion.

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