Digital certification is a very important part of our day-to-day life, with which we can authenticate multiple platforms, interact with public authorities and much more without having to go directly to any of these organizations. With the advent of applications replacing our documents we need more than ever to get ready for this kind of software thing. We want to teach you in this small tutorial how to easily install your digital certificate on your Mac and iPhone so you can use it whenever you want. Stay tuned because it will make things a lot easier for you.
How to install digital certificate on Mac
Our Macs, and their macOS operating system, often present many challenges when it comes to contacting the Public Administration due to their low popularity with this type of programming, however, don't worry because they all have a solution. The first thing we will do is go the FNMT website To continue to apply for our digital certificate through the software, whether we require a certificate of naturalization or if we want to obtain a digital certificate for legal representation (companies, organizations, foundations … etc)
In this we turn to it This is the Web Address.
Once downloaded we should check the three boxes that provide complete access to our system. To make sure we have installed it properly we must follow the following procedure in Firefox: Menu> Options> Advanced> Certificates tab> Certificate Views button. There, we must ensure that the FNMT-RCM Root AC certificate is properly installed. We already have Mozilla Firefox ready to request and download our digital certificate, now we just have to open the program again access the request again (LINK).
Already on the application website, we simply fill in the boxes below: DNI or NIE number, first name, email and password length (here we always choose the higher grade). The first important detail is that we have to make sure that after that we will be able to download the certificate from the same computer the same browser has applied to,
Once we apply, we will receive an email with a "request code" to keep, and the next step is to prove our identity. To do this, it will be enough to go to any of the Tax Center's Social Security office (by appointment at this link) or at the authorized office of the City Council with our ID and e-mail code. There, the official will verify our identity and enable us to download a digital certificate to access the last, most convenient tool. You can use the office receiver (link) to know where to go to prove your identity.
And now moving on to the last and easiest part, let's click on "Download Certificate", we will open a screen where we will enter our DNI / NIE, our first surname and the application code you sent us by email before. We also click to accept the terms of use and if we use the same browser as the same Mac we applied to, we will continue to automatically download and install the certificate. We already have your digital certificate installed on Mac, We now back up the private key (important) to install it on iPhone, as this opens Tools> Options> Advanced> View Certificates> People, click the certificate and select "Send". We should request an export option in ".pfx" format and provide a password.
How to install digital certificate on iPhone
Now is the time to automatically use the digital certificate backup to install it on our iPhone or iPad. This we will take on our Mac (or from our iPhone if we have access to the file) and we will send a digital certificate via email to an address available from Safari, for example Hotmail or Gmail We send a digital certificate and will now access the email service through Safari.
We check the email in the inbox and click on the attached file, which will be a digital certificate. After that a new window will be opened which will show that we enter "Profile". Click in the top right corner to enter and then we go there Settings> General> Profiles. Here we will finish installing it by clicking on it, we will enter our unlock codeor iPhone and later the key on which we have placed the digital certificate and will now have the certificate easily installed and fully functional on our iPhone.
We can repeat this action with as many devices as we want, too We advise you to save a backup copy of your certificate to the cloud service or in an email since if one day you lose or replace a Mac where we have produced a digital certificate you will not be able to execute it in ".pfx" format, even if you have installed a certificate issued on other computers, you will no longer be able to uninstall the private key so you will have to start the process. and.