{"id":14348,"date":"2024-09-25T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=14348"},"modified":"2024-09-25T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:14:12","slug":"fix-for-older-mac-osx-systems-accessing-beersmith-cloud-activation-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/fix-for-older-mac-osx-systems-accessing-beersmith-cloud-activation-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix for Older Mac OSX Systems Accessing BeerSmith Cloud\/Activation Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/fix-for-older-mac-osx-systems-accessing-beersmith-cloud-activation-server\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoftNew200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoftNew200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoftNew200.png 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoftNew200-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoftNew200-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We performed a major server upgrade on 25 August 2024 which led to some older Mac&#8217;s (OSX 11 or earlier) having problems accessing the BeerSmithRecipes.com web server and also the activation server. Since I&#8217;ve had several questions about this in the last few weeks I thought I should post the fix here.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately many older Mac OSX 10.x versions have an old version of openSSL dating from 2017 or earlier, which can&#8217;t properly validate new SSL certificates for the current web site, and these versions of OSX are no longer being updated by Apple. There is a fix which involves updating the trusted certificate list for the SSL stack (just one file actually):<br \/><br \/>You can do this from the file finder on the Mac but you need <strong>admin permissions:<\/strong><\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Save this <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\/index.php?attachments\/cert-pem.10123\/\">attached cert.pem file<\/a> off to someplace like your Desktop<\/li> <li>Open the Apple File Finder (normal file manager)<\/li> <li>On the Go menu-&gt;Go To Folder&#8230;<\/li> <li>In the dialog type &#8220;\/etc\/ssl&#8221; without the quotes and press OK<\/li> <li>This should take you to the \/etc\/ssl directory which has the old &#8220;cert.pem&#8221; file in it.<\/li> <li>You can drag the old cert.pem (in that directory) somewhere else (like your documents folder) if you want to keep a backup copy (not required)<\/li> <li>Then try dragging the new cert.pem (one I sent you) into that folder and overwrite the one that is there<\/li> <li>It will likely ask for a password as that is a protected directory (you need admin permissions)<\/li> <li>If that works try restarting BeerSmith<\/li>\n<\/ul> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: the &#8220;cert.pem&#8221; file linked above was extracted from Mozilla Firefox dated 24 Sep 2024. Some users may wish to get a updated version. Libcurl publishes an <a href=\"https:\/\/curl.se\/docs\/caextract.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update periodically here<\/a>. If you wish to export your own list from a trusted browser or a newer Mac there are sites online describing how to do so.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks,<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Smith, BeerSmith.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet We performed a major server upgrade on 25 August 2024 which led to some older Mac&#8217;s (OSX 11 or 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