The Digital Certificate has become a powerful tool now that numerous public administrations have fully opted for digitization. This Digital Certificate is the most practical, 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 you can use it wherever and whenever you want. In this way, the Digital Certificate will become your main ally when it comes to carrying out your procedures in an easy way.
How to install Digital Certificate on Mac
For many, installing the digital certificate on macOS has become a real nightmare. In fact, The Administration does not provide facilities for 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 at Actualidad iPhone to help you with these types of questions.
First we will go to the page FNMT website (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) where we will start the request for the Digital Certificate, whether we need the natural person certificate or if what we want is to obtain a digital certificate of representation for a legal person (companies, associations, foundations... etc).
Once inside we will choose the option Request Certificate and we will go to the first problem that has an easy solution, we will not be able to use Safari to obtain the Digital Certificate, although we can use it with Safari.
Which browser should I use and how to configure it
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. Nevertheless, our recommendation is that you use version 68 of Mozilla Firefox, which is the latest compatible with this fast Digital Certificate installation system that we are recommending. Once we have already proceeded to download it, 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 request for the Digital Certificate, for this we must download root certificates. Once downloaded we must check the three boxes giving full access to our system. To check that we have installed it correctly We must follow the following path in Firefox: Menu > Options > Advanced > Certificates tab > View Certificates. There we must ensure that the FNMT-RCM CA Root Certificate is effectively installed. We already have Mozilla Firefox ready to request and download our digital certificate, now we just have to open the application
Start of the Digital Certificate application
Now, from 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; Name; First surname, Email and password length (here we always choose high degree). This step is very important: We must make sure that later we will be able to download the certificate from the same Mac computer and the same browser (Firefox 68) from which we started the request, otherwise it will give us an error and we will not be able to install it, having to start the request from the beginning.
Once the request is made, we will receive an email with the Request code, make sure you save that email, I recommend you take a picture 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 Social Security office, the Tax Agency or Local Administration / City Hall, always by appointment for them to serve 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 will enable us to download the digital certificate so that we can access the last step, the simplest of all. You can use the office locator to know where you can go to prove your identity if you are not sure.
Download the Digital Certificate
Now the last step is get our Digital Certificate, for this we enter the corresponding section of the FNMT website and click on the option download 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 conditions of use and if we are using the same browser and the same Mac from which we made the request, the certificate will be automatically downloaded and installed. that 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 a 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 the Digital Certificate on the 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 are going to send the digital certificate via email to an address that is accessible from Safari, for example Hotmail or Gmail. We send ourselves the digital certificate and finally we access the email service through Safari.
We select the email that we have sent ourselves, we open the attached file that corresponds to the Digital Certificate, and click on the upper right corner on install and then we go to Settings> General> Profiles.
Here we are going to finish installing it by clicking on it, we will enter our unlock code of the iPhone and later the key that we have put to the digital certificate and we will have the certificate installed.