If the " Signed" icon shows an "x", your message will not be signed. To send a signed message, verify that the "Signed" icon has a check mark in it, and not an "x". If the "Signed" icon does not appear, select Customize in the lower left of the message header and add the "Lock" and "Signed" icons. A " Signed" icon, containing a check mark, should be in the lower right of the message header to indicate that the message will be signed. If you have just installed your certificate on your Mac, close Mail and then restart it.īegin composing an e-mail message. Use these instructions to enable Apple Mail to use client certificates to digitally sign and encrypt e-mail. Now you can transfer your encrypted certificate file to another computer using a USB key, email, or other file sharing method.Give your exported item a strong pass-phrase.p12 and the file format must be "Personal Information Exchange (.p12)".
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The certificate will be installed on your Mac and will appear in the " My Certificates" section of Keychain Access. OS X Keychain Access will prompt you for the certificate passphrase enter the passphrase you created when you requested the certificate.
You will need this pass-phrase to install the cert. pfx), using the PIN you created for it at the time of request. When you receive your certificate from InCommon, it will be encrypted in the PKCS 12 format (.p12 or. You can use Client Certificates, also called "S/MIME Certs" or "Personal Certificates", with most e-mail clients to digitally sign or encrypt e-mail. Using S/MIME Client Certificates with Apple Mail and Outlook for OS X Installing the S/MIME Certificate on your Apple Mac