MacOS 14 (Sonoma) Smart Card Reader Non-functional

I have upgrade to Mac OS 14 and my smart card reader quit working. Works in safe mode and while booting up. Then stops functioning. Allow Accessories to connect is not visible. However, I can search for the function but not select it. MacBook Air M1, Sonoma Beta.

Same problem for me. I saw this message in th console, maybe related: "invalidated after getting a no-senders notification - client is gone"

Mine has stopped working also. I can view the USB Card readers in the System Report, but it appears the readers aren't reading my actual card. Likely a firmware issue. Tried on two different card readers. 2020 MBP M1, Sonoma Developer Beta 2.

SC Reader dead here too, but unplugging it and plugging it back in makes it work for a bit... Dies again eventually.

The latest update push did not solve our issue. I really relied on my MacBook Air M1 for telework. Now, I have to use a Microsoft device. Not good at the moment. I might need to roll back off the beta program until this issue with trusted USB devices is solved.

Michael

Same problem for me, I have 3 smart cards, they do not work even without drivers

Same issue here. Unplugging and restarting browser works for a few minutes and then dies again. Running on the 2023 Mac Mini.

Same problem here, specifically we use a Smart Card to access Barclays iPortal for banking.

The smart card and reader works perfectly in Ventura and worked perfectly in the first developer beta of macOS Sonoma, but somewhere either beta 2 or beta 3 of the developer previews it stopped working.

I have replicated this with a clean install on different Mac hardware and the same issue. This is a Sonoma issue and not a reader or Mac hardware issue as the same reader and smart card continue to work well if I plug them into Ventura machine.

Sonoma can "see" the reader (Gemalto BLE Reader) but cannot determine if a card is inserted and cannot read any card.

testing with pcsctest command it sees the reader, I select it (01) and then it hangs on "Waiting for card insertion" even if I insert a card.

Unplugging and replugging in again the whole usb device doesn't give me any window of "it works"... it's not working at all.

It seems that latest public beta has resolved issues with usb smart card reader.

Just to confirm, a clean install of the released public version on 27th September - and still smart cards are NOT working, whereas they work perfectly on Ventura (and did on initial developer builds of Sonoma)

Yeah, it's not completely fixed for me, either. I'm on the RC, or Gold Master, or wherever we are at now. I can use the card reader to open sites in Safari, and to log into our virtual desktop, but once I do that, I can't use it for anything inside the virtual desktop. It can see the card reader but can't read the tokens off it. This same computer (2022 M1 MBP) worked fine the day prior to updating to the RC. No changes to hardware or software apart from the OS itself, and it stopped passing card reader credentials through to the virtual machine.

I'm also having this issue. Any changes? <b>bump</b>

In my case I still get <b>invalidated after getting a no-senders notification - client is gone</b>

I'm also having this issue. Any changes? <b>bump</b>

I'm also having this issue. Any changesss? <b>bump</b>

same problem here, right after upgrade to sonoma my vpn access token is not visible for client software... and it jas been working perfectly on Ventura. Well done, Apple

Same here.. I'm having this issue after upgrading yesterday to Sonoma (14.0). SafeNet Authentication Client doesn't recognize my usb key

Same issue for me on <b>Sonoma (14.0)</b>. Has anyone found a workaround?

I passed this issue by switching the value "Allow accessories to access" to Automatically when unlocked or Always

Just upgraded to macOS 14.1 Beta (23B5046f) (The developer beta for Sonoma 14.1 next release) and the smart card still doesnt work :(

I GOT IT WORKING in macOS 14.1 Beta (23B5046f) by INSTEAD of connecting by USB, I connected with BlueTooth using the GBDM App (Gemalto Card Reader for Barclays iPortal login) and connecting the card reader by BLUETOOTH (which has NEVER been possible in Ventura, it always failed to connect)

Im now logged into Barclays iPortal!! Woot Woot! Party!

Now I have a VAT return to do ... boooooooo.

Ha there been any update? I have tried two USB readers and opensc, but the card never seems to be read

I installed the CCID Drivers 1.5.2. Now it is working. https://www2.swift.com/3skey/help/mac_support.html

Got mine to work. My reader is the SCR3310. I just went to the developer website and re-downloaded the driver for the reader.

Here

https://support.identiv.com/scr3310v2/

Hope this works for others as well!

I had been using a Saicoo card reader (FBA_S0201B-SSM) which was working fine on macOS 13 (Ventura). Upon upgrading to Sonoma 14.0, the reader stopped functioning. I then purchased the Belkin F1DN008U card reader and it works out of the box with no additional drivers. I also have heard success with the Identiv SCR3310v2.0 card reader on macOS 14.0. Hope this helps if someone is encountering the same issue. It appears like there may be some card readers that stop functioning on macOS 14.0 due to the built in driver not being compatible.

I used I have safenet authentication client with PKCS11-Token e i got the same problem

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