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Apple provides opportunities for developers to create hardware devices--such as Smart Cards and fingerprint-verification devices--that can be used with Apple hardware and that work with Mac OS X software to provide authentication, authorization, or cryptographic services.

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Installing smart card reader drivers (HTML)
QA1359: Updates obsolete information contained in the pcscd(8) man page on Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther.
2004-08-30
Mac OS X and root access (HTML)
QA1013: Describes how to enable root access in Mac OS X.
2001-03-13
What numeric base is the default for the Open Firmware user interface? (HTML)
HW65: Describes how the default numeric base used by the Open Firmware user interface is hexadecimal.
1999-10-11
What are snag keys in Open Firmware? (HTML) ()
HW35: Explains Open Firmware snag keys, including examples of their function.
1999-02-15