The digital certificate has become a powerful tool now that many public administrations have fully embraced digitalization. This digital certificate is the most convenient, fastest and safest way to interact with the public administration without leaving home, we save time, money and above all unnecessary transfers.
We show you how you can install your digital certificate on Mac and of course also on your iPhone, so that you can use it wherever and whenever you want. Thus, the Digital Certificate will become your main ally when it comes to carrying out your procedures with ease.
How to Install a Digital Certificate on Mac
For many, installing the digital certificate on macOS has become a real nightmare. In reality, The administration does not make facilities available to macOS users because Windows is the predominant operating system among users and also the one used by the administration itself. However, once again, we are available on iPhone News to help you with these types of questions.
We will first go to the page FNMT website (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) where we will start the request for a digital certificate, whether we need the certificate of a natural person or if we want to obtain a digital certificate of representation for a legal person (companies, associations, foundations. .. etc. ).
Once inside we will choose the option Request a certificate and we will move on to the first problem which has an easy solution, we will not be able to use Safari to obtain the Digital Certificate, although we can use it with Safari.
This problem will also arise if we use the latest versions of Google Chrome and even Edge, everything will depend on a series of software updates and JavaScript support. However, we recommend using Mozilla Firefox version 68, which is the latest compatible version with this fast digital certificate installation system that we recommend. Once we have already proceeded with the download, we simply have to install it and run it for the next step.
Now we will have to configure Firefox to be compatible with the Digital Certificate request, you must download the root certificates. Once downloaded, we must check the three boxes giving full access to our system. To verify that we have installed it correctly You have to follow the following path in Firefox: Menu > Options > Advanced > Certificates tab > Show certificates. There we need to make sure that the root certificate of the FNMT-RCM certificate authority is indeed installed. We already have Mozilla Firefox ready to request and download our digital certificate, now we just have to open the application
Beginning of the Digital Certificate request
Now, since Mozilla Firefox 68, we can access the digital certificate request. We get to work, now we have to fill in the boxes that appear below: DNI or NIE number; Last name; First name, e-mail and password length (here we always choose a high degree). This step is very important: We must make sure that later we can download the certificate from the same Mac computer and the same browser (Firefox 68) from which we launched the request, otherwise it will give us an error and we will not be able to install it, having to start the request again from the beginning.
Once the request has been made, we will receive an email with the Code required, be sure to save this email, I recommend you take a photo of it with your iPhone, and in case you don’t receive it, take a look in your inbox spam.
Identification and confirmation of the Digital Certificate
One of the last steps will be to go to any office of the Social Security, the Tax Agency or the Local Administration/Town Hall, always by appointment to assist us. There the official will ask us for our DNI / NIE and the application code that we have previously received by email. There, an official will prove our identity and allow us to upload the digital certificate so that we can access the last step, the easiest of all. You can use office locator know where you can go to prove your identity in case of doubt.
Download the digital certificate
Now the last step is obtain our digital certificate, To do this, go to the corresponding section of the FNMT website and click on the option download the certificate. There we will enter our DNI/NIE, our first surname and the request code that was previously sent to us by email, as a protection mechanism.
We also press to accept the terms of use and if we use the same browser and the same Mac from which we made the request, the certificate will be automatically downloaded and installed. so easy.
How to make a copy or export the digital certificate
When we already have our digital certificate installed on the Mac, we can perform backup with private key (it is important to choose this option) to be able to install it on the iPhone, to do this we open Tools > Options > Advanced > View certificates > People, click on the certificate and choose “Export”. We must request the option to export in “.pfx” format and assign a password.
How to Install Digital Certificate on iPhone
This is one of the easiest steps of all. let’s fuck from our mac (or from our iPhone if we have access to the file) and we will send the digital certificate by e-mail to an address accessible from Safari, for example Hotmail or Gmail. We send the digital certificate to each other and finally we access the mail service through Safari.
We select the email that we sent ourselves, we open the attached file that corresponds to the digital certificate, and click on the upper right corner on install then we go to Settings > General > Profiles.
Here we will complete the installation by clicking on it we will enter our unlock code of the iPhone and later the key that we put in the digital certificate and we will have installed the certificate.
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