# Curl certificate issue with Pkg3 on Mac

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/curl-certificate-issue-with-pkg3-on-mac/33299>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/curl-certificate-issue-with-pkg3-on-mac/33299 "2020-01-13T11:03:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/curl-certificate-issue-with-pkg3-on-mac/33299/3 "2020-01-13T11:44:04Z")

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The answer by Sijun is probably most helpfull for you:

> [@Problem with curl.exe (Windows) and package installation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-curl-exe-windows-and-package-installation/29525/51):
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> create a file called “\_curlrc” that contains “insecure” (wihout quote) and place it in your %APPDATA% (echo %APPDATA%). For windows, curlrc file should begin with underscore. [https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html)

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