How to install CertGear Software on Mac OS X (Go back)

Platform: Mac OS X
OS Version: 10.7.x (Lion) -> 10.10.x (Yosemite)

Overview

In order to install CertGear software on a Mac, you may need to install the Java Runtime Environment. By default, OS X Lion / Mountain / Yosemite no longer includes a Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Once the Java Runtime Environment is installed, you may also need to manually adjust your Security and Privacy settings and enable the Java Web browser plug.

Installation of Java for OS X Lion -> Yosemite

Please download the latest Java Runtime here. Once you install Java, you may need to also enable it by following these instructions.

1. Please download the latest Java Runtime here.
   
   


2. Please verify whether the Java installation was successful:
   
   
   


3. Once Java Runtime is successfully installed, you may need to adjust your Security & Privacy Settings


4. You may also need to enable the Java applet plugin

Enabling the Java Plugin and Web Start applications

To enable the ability for CertGear Applications to open up within Safari and FireFox, you must perform the following steps. These steps only have to be done once.

1. Quit all open browsers running on your Mac
2. Click on the desktop so that you see the word "Finder" on the top left.
3. Click on the Go Menu and select Utilities
4. Double click on the Java Preferences icon
   
   
   
5. In the General tab, check Enable applet plug-in and Web Start applications
   
   
   
6. Quit the Java Preferences app and restart your browsers
   
   

Adjust Security & Privacy Settings

By default, a Mac running Mountain Lion or later will bock the installation of apps that are not from the Mac App Store or created by identified developers.
Hence, you may encounter the following error when installing the CertGear application:



If you encounter the error above, please perform the following steps:

1. Click the System Preferences icon on your Dock




2. Click the Security & Privacy




3. Click the lock in the bottom left of window - Enter your password when prompted. Then click Unlock




4. Click the box next to "Anywhere".
   
   
   
   
5. You may also need to update your Java Control Panel settings from your System Preferences menu.
   
   
   
   
6. Please add "http://www.certgear.com" to your Exception Site List.
   
   
   
   
7. Once the settings have been updated, save the CertGear software (*.jnlp file) to your Mac.
   
   
   
   
8. To start the software, hold down the CONTROL button and then click on the CertGear software (*.jnlp file) and click "Java Web Start" when prompted.