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title: "macOS Smart Card Logon experience"
slug: "macos-smart-card-logon"
updated: 2023-05-11T18:22:58Z
published: 2023-05-11T18:22:58Z
canonical: "docs.axiad.com/macos-smart-card-logon"
---

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# MacOS Smart Card Logon

Once you associate a smart card with a valid PIV credential to a user account in MacOS, you can use it to log on.

| Without a smart card, macOS prompts for a **password**: ![logon_password](https://cdn.document360.io/eaa8d9cb-3eef-4690-8447-5bcaa4f4afb2/Images/Documentation/logon_password.png) | With a smart card, macOS prompts for a **PIN**: ![logon_pin](https://cdn.document360.io/eaa8d9cb-3eef-4690-8447-5bcaa4f4afb2/Images/Documentation/logon_pin.png) |
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