The update of AusweisApp for Mac with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) is since December 5, 2012 finally available (more about two months late, because it was announced in October 2012).
The App is OS X 10.6 applications.
Without this app you can do with the device is not much (it is then for example only possible secure online banking;. There are other good devices that are much cheaper).
But first things first:
Amazon delivered quickly and reliably - as always.
The very light card reader in a plastic housing has a metal base that is unnecessary bulb-like and massive.
The overall design is simple and functional - but nothing exceptional (why is it the "reddot design award 2009" was, is not very obvious).
A design flaw is in any case the mini-USB port on bottom side, which is both sunk and mounted winding. To plug the connector into the connector is almost just for children. Grobmotoriker have lost since.
It took then only briefly the driver installation including restart and the unit was under Mac OS X 10.8 ready.
A first test with "MacGiro 7" with HBCI card was perfect. No configuration was needed after the switch from Argos reader. The changed PIN entry now at the device (instead of pop-up window in the program) immediately ran smoothly.
The use of the supplied "Login Card" for the use of services over OWOK plugin can be dropped.
This also works with Safari 6 (although offered on the 10.6 Reiner download site only for OS X 10.5 and OS X: The download for 10.6 does even under 10.8 his service.).
The selection of services, which then only work with this "Login Card" is not short (see explanation under mein-cockpit.de - but this service is set in March 2013), but does not have the essential services for my needs on offer ,
Who wants to have an overview of services with the new identity card on the Internet, can on the side of [...] (a page of the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, which runs within the project of the Federal Ministry of the Interior into a competence center of new identity card) call the current list of links and information.
Whoever therefore has the unit with the appropriate driver and the AusweisApp which now even Firefox 10ESR needs (not the current normal version!) Work, as only these works on the Mac with the AusweisApp. For a plugin is obtained along with the AusweisApp. Only when these 5 factors are present together, you go right.
The Firefox version 10ESR ([...]) can be installed in parallel without problems and gets along well with newer versions of Firefox. (When installing pay attention only to the fact that both versions end up not under the same name in the same folder: the course will delete the other version).
Well, and then there was the joy of two different long USB cable in the delivery. Only unfortunately the longer faulty from both.
So overall a slightly turbid impression.
