Listing of Trusted Root CA in macOS

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∟Listing of Trusted Root CA in macOS

This section provides a tutorial example on how to see the list of trusted root CA (PKI Certificate Authorities) pre-installed on macOS.

As we learned earlier, the trust of an entire HTTPS Website is based on certificates of trusted root CA (PKI Certificate Authorities).

Before using the Web browser, Apple Safari, on my computer to visit any HTTPS Websites, I want to see who are those trusted PKI Certificate Authorities my macOS computer.

1. Click "Launchpad > Other > Keychain Access". The Keychain Access screen shows up.

2. Click "System Roots" keychain, then "Certificates" category on the left pane. A list of all trusted root CA certificates are displayed.

Expiration   Root CA

2029-01-01   AAA Certificate Services
2030-09-22   Actalis Authentication Root CA
2021-11-10   Admin-Root-CA
2030-12-31   AffirmTrust Commercial
2030-12-31   AffirmTrust Networking
2033-06-06   ANF Global Root CA
2035-02-10   Apple Root CA
2033-03-12   ApplicationCA2 Root
2031-01-01   Atos TrustedRoot 2011
2030-12-31   Autoridad de Certificacion Firmaprofesional CIF A62634068
2025-05-13   Baltimore CyberTrust Root
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