Store your unique credential on a hardware-backed security key and take it wherever you go from mobile to desktop. No more storing sensitive secrets on your mobile phone, leaving your account vulnerable to takeovers. With the Yubico Authenticator you can raise the bar for security. The Yubico Authenticator generates a one time code used to verify your identity as you’re logging into various services. No connectivity needed! This is based on Open Authentication (OATH) time-based TOTP and event-based HOTP one-time password codes. Setting up the Yubico Authenticator desktop app is easy. Simply download and open the app, insert your YubiKey, and begin adding the accounts you wish to protect by using the QR code provided by each service. Experience security the modern way with the Yubico Authenticator. Visit yubico.com to learn more about the YubiKey and security solutions for mobile. Features on desktop include: - Touch Authentication - Touch the YubiKey 5 Series security key to store your credential on the YubiKey - Biometric Authentication - Manage PINs and fingerprints on your FIDO-enabled YubiKeys, as well as add, delete and rename fingerprints on your YubiKey Bio Series keys. - Easy Setup - QR codes available from the services you wish to protect with strong authentication - User Presence - New codes generated with just a touch of the YubiKey - Compatible - Secure all the services currently compatible with other Authenticator apps - Secure - Hardware-backed strong two-factor authentication with secret stored on the YubiKey, not on the desktop - Versatile - Support for multiple work and personal accounts - Portable - Get the same set of codes across our other Yubico Authenticator apps for desktops as well as for all leading mobile platforms - Flexible - Support for time-based and counter-based code generation
set up instructions for MAC users
poor set up instructions on mac activation
United StatesApp is missing key features
Very much like my Yubikeys, but the Authenicator app on the Mac is missing some of the nice features found on the Windows version. Top in my book is the ability to name each of your Yubikeys so you don't have to keep track by their serial number, especially since the nice skins you put on them covers up the number. Secondly, there's no way to keep an icon in the system tray so you must constantly look through all of your open apps in the dock to find the authenicator. The basic functionality of the app is fine, but the missing features make it less convenient to use than necessary.
United StatesI keep getting "failed to open smart card connection" even though the key works on other devices..
I keep getting "failed to open smart card connection" even though the key works on other devices.. Re-inserting the key doesn't help. Support team wasn't helpful either. They just said that some other application is using smartchip functionality on my cumputer, but it can't be true because it's brand new MacBook Pro and I don't have any applications installed on it...
United StatesI keep getting "failed to open smart card connection" even though the key works on other devices..
I keep getting "failed to open smart card connection" even though the key works on other devices.. Re-inserting the key doesn't help.
United StatesTerrible new UI
New UI is not as usable. Why did you change it? Can you ever fix a problem of accidental touch?
United StatesDoesn't work
"An unrecoverable error has occured" "Help subprocess failed to start"
United StatesUpgrade is NOT
The previous version was simple and worked fine. This latest upgrade 6.0.2 looks a little nicer, but from a functional perspective, it's been TERRIBLE. Doesn't recognize my yubikey nano so I have to take it out and plug it back in...then I regularly get an error, so I have to close the app and reopen. Touch doesn't always work. You can no longer just double click in your list and touch the key. it now gives you another prompt, shows you only that entry, and you have to manually copy it. If you don't close that screen, it stays there indefinitely with the 2FA code visible and you have to click to get back to your listings. Then your 2FA codes are visible in the list view and don't seem to expire/clear. To get a new one, you have to go back through the process, hit refresh, and start the entire painful process again. Haven't had time but I plan to look for the previous version and install it directly on my Mac and no longer use this version from the App Store. :(
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This update adds some UI improvement with key new capability such as managing PINs and fingerprints on your FIDO-enabled YubiKeys. Also, you can now add, delete and rename fingerprints on your YubiKey Bio Series keys.
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