For macOS · Spanish DNIe reader & signer · unofficial product
DNIe for Mac reads your electronic ID card, signs you in to Spain's e-government sites and signs your documents in the standard European formats. In your language, in every browser — and without a single byte leaving your Mac.
Questions? Ask in our channelReading and signing, free · macOS 13+ · USB smart-card reader · español, català, euskara, galego
Three gestures
Everything the DNIe can do, built for the Mac: insert the card and DNIe for Mac takes it from there.
Read
Insert your DNIe into the reader and DNIe for Mac connects on its own: it opens the secure channel, checks your certificates and — with your PIN — shows your full identity record and your photograph. It detects your card's generation (1.0 through 4.0) and tells you if anything is out of order.
IDENTITY DATA · PHOTOGRAPH · CERTIFICATESSign in
With DNIe Pro you sign in with your DNIe to the Tax Agency, Social Security or the DGT from Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox: the certificate shows up in the browser's own dialog. The Police's official software for Mac, by contrast, is built for Firefox. Step by step: the DNIe in Safari, Chrome and Edge on a Mac.
SAFARI · CHROME · EDGE · FIREFOX · AUTOFIRMASign
Sign PDFs and any other file in PAdES, CAdES or XAdES with the full certificate chain, an RFC-3161 timestamp and — if you want it — a visible signature stamp with your logo on the first, last or every page. Right inside the app. Step by step, and why Preview's signature is not an electronic signature: how to sign a PDF with the DNIe on a Mac.
PAdES · CAdES · XAdES · RFC-3161
How it works
DNIe for Mac talks to your card through the reader, over the secure channel the DNIe itself defines. There is no server in between, no account to create, no "cloud". This website uses exactly one third-party resource — Google Analytics — and only if you explicitly accept it.
And when things go wrong, it still helps: if your PIN is blocked or your certificates have expired, DNIe for Mac doesn't stop at a cryptic error — it tells you exactly what to do and where.
Four co-official languages
The interface, the system dialogs and the help guides, natively translated into Spain's four co-official languages. Not as an afterthought — as a principle. (The app itself has no English interface, only these four.)
Firmar documentoEspañolSigna el documentCatalàSinatu dokumentuaEuskaraAsinar o documentoGalegoPricing
The essentials cost nothing and never expire: read your card, sign your documents and validate the ones you receive without paying, without an account and without a clock running. Exactly one feature is paid — DNIe Pro, your DNIe inside the browser — and it is optional. Native Apple In-App Purchase: no web checkout, no card numbers in forms.
Free, for good
€0 no account, no expiry
DNIe Pro · annual subscription
€9.99/year
Your DNIe inside Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox, to sign in to Spain's e-government sites. Includes a 3-day free trial; renews automatically and you cancel it whenever you like from your App Store settings.
DNIe Pro · lifetime
€44.99 once
The same feature as a single payment: DNIe Pro is unlocked permanently for your Apple account. No renewals.
Reading, signing and validating stay free even if you never buy DNIe Pro — there is no trial period counting down on them. The annual subscription includes a 3-day free trial and renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage it from your App Store settings. "Restore Purchases" is always available in the app. Details in the terms of use.
Frequently asked questions
No — and we say so on every screen. DNIe for Mac is an independent product by nexoapex. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Dirección General de la Policía, the Ministry of the Interior or the Government of Spain.
What does that mean in practice? Your DNIe and its certificates are official — the Police issue them — and the signatures you produce follow the European standards (PAdES, CAdES, XAdES), the same ones AutoFirma uses. DNIe for Mac is the tool you use them with on your Mac, just as a PDF reader doesn't become part of the BOE (Spain's official gazette) by opening it.
You don't install the DNIe itself: its certificates' private keys live on the chip and never leave the card. What you install is the software that reads it, and there are two routes.
Step by step: how to install the DNIe on a Mac.
After 3 wrong attempts the DNIe locks itself, and there is no PUK: the only way to set a new PIN is in person. The good news: no appointment needed.
It cannot be unblocked over the internet or by phone. DNIe for Mac detects the blocked state and shows you this same guidance inside the app. Official information at dnielectronico.es. Full guide: blocked or expired PIN.
The card still works: DNIe certificates expire every two years, before the physical document does. With expired certificates you can still read your data, but no portal will let you sign in or sign.
Renewing them is free and needs no appointment: at a DNIe Update Point (PAD) in any issuing office (police station), fresh certificates are generated onto the same card with your PIN and your fingerprint. There is no online renewal. DNIe for Mac warns you about expiry when it reads the card. Details at dnielectronico.es. If the physical document itself has expired, book an appointment at citapreviadnie.es. Full guide: blocked or expired PIN.
DNIe for Mac works with a contact smart-card reader (USB, CCID class) and detects your DNIe's generation automatically.
If a portal asks for AutoFirma, you need it; it can sit on the same Mac as DNIe for Mac. AutoFirma reads the DNIe on its own, with its own Java driver, JMulticard, which is on by default.
Sign-in goes through macOS's native integration (CryptoTokenKit): your DNIe certificate shows up in the browser's own dialog, in Safari, Chrome, Edge and in Firefox too, which on macOS reads the system's client certificates out of the box. That in-browser sign-in is the paid feature, DNIe Pro. Full comparison: AutoFirma on Mac. If you'd rather take the official route in Firefox, without the app: the DNIe in Firefox on a Mac.
A Mac running macOS 13 or later, a USB contact card reader, your DNIe and its PIN. Nothing else: no Java, no system tweaks, no odd configuration profiles.
Any reader that follows the CCID standard will do: macOS recognizes them without installing drivers. Make sure it is a contact reader — with a slot for the chip — not NFC-only, and if your Mac only has USB-C ports, prefer a direct adapter over an unpowered hub. Not sure about yours? See which DNIe card reader works on a Mac.
Reading your DNIe, signing in PAdES, CAdES and XAdES and validating signed documents are free for good: no account, no expiry, no trial period counting down.
The only paid feature is DNIe Pro, which adds signing in with the DNIe inside Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox: €9.99 a year with a 3-day free trial, or €44.99 once. It is bought through Apple's In-App Purchase; you can check and change the status of your purchases and subscriptions at any time from your App Store settings.
Community
We post release notes, compatibility alerts for the Spanish e-government portals, and step-by-step guides. If something does not work, tell us there — we usually reply the same day.
Download
Now available on the Mac App Store, listed there as "DNIe - Firma y autenticación" · free to read, sign and validate · macOS 13 or later and a USB card reader. Questions before you install? Email us.