What is Certificate Assistant on Mac computer? Can I use it to generate a certificates?

Certificate Assistant is built-in tool in Keychain Access on Mac computers provides an easy way to create and manage certificates.

Main functionalities of Certificate Assistant include:

• Create a certificate - Generating a self-signed certificate for yourself.
• Create a certificate authority - Generating root CA certificate that enables you to issue certificates to others.
• Create a certificate for someone else as a certificate authority
• Request a certificate from a certificate authority
• Set the default certificate authority
• Evaluate a certificate

Here is how to use Certificate Assistant on your Mac computer.

1. Open "Launchpad > Other". You see "Keychain Access" app icon.

2. Click "Keychain Access" icon to launch it. You see "Keychain Access" window.

3. Click "Keychain Access > Certificate Assistant > Open" in the menu. You see "Certificate Assistant" instruction window.

4. Click "Continue" on instruction window. You see the "Options" window.

⇒ Certificate Assistant - Create Self-Signed Certificate

⇐ Using Certificate Assistant on Mac

⇑ Using Certificate Assistant on Mac

⇑⇑ Apple Mac Certificates Tutorials