Install Personal Desktop Client on macOS
This article describes how to install Nexus Personal Desktop Client on macOS.
Personal Desktop Client is distributed via a so called disk image file (.dmg), which is opened automatically after downloading into, for example, Safari or Mozilla.
Step-by-step instructions
Install Personal Desktop Client on macOS
To install Personal Desktop Client on macOS:
Drag and drop Personal.app to the hard drive, for example, to the desktop or to a location under /Applications.
The installation will be completed when Personal Desktop Client is started the first time. A few messages will be displayed and the user will be informed when the disk image file is opened.
Results after installation
The following actions are done during the installation:
The PKCS#11 module, tokenapi.framework, is installed in the browser.
A folder to store Internal Store is created under ~/Library/Application Support/se.nexus.Personal
Temporary files are stored under ~/Library/Caches/se.nexus.Personal
Personal Desktop Client has Crypto Token Kit support
Configuration file
When Personal Desktop Client is started for the first time a private configuration file is created. The location for the private configuration file is normally ~/Library/Preferences/se.nexus.Personal.cfg
Sample configuration file
You can download a sample configuration file that includes all available options, see Sample configuration file for Personal Desktop Client.
Uninstall Personal Desktop Client on macOS
Select Uninstall from the Application menu. The following files are deleted:
~/Library/Preferences/se.nexus.Personal.cfg
~/Library/Caches/se.nexus.Personal