Proxmark3 easy on Mac M2

[bettercallsaul]

Hi everyone,

I’m on an Apple M2 Mac and trying to get Proxmark3 Easy up and running. However, I can’t write anything in the terminal, no matter what I press on the keyboard.Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Installed dependencies and Proxmark3 via Homebrew
   brew install xquartz
   brew tap RfidResearchGroup/proxmark3
   brew install --with-generic proxmark3
   pm3-flash-all
2. Launched the client
   pm3
   —the banner prints, but when I type commands nothing appears, can only ctrl+c to exit
   
   

Debug steps tried:

• Switched to iTerm2 (same blank prompt issue)
• Cloned and built from the official GitHub repo (ran into build errors and also cannot detect tag)
  
  

Thanks in advance for any help

[amal]

@bettercallsaul

Cloned and built from the official GitHub repo (ran into build errors and also cannot detect tag)

looks like after building you did not flash update your proxmark3… run pm3-flash-all to update the firmware on the hardware to match your client version, then it should produce reliable results

[Iceman]

Its the readline issue on MacOS we saw in a different thread.

build w/o readline and it will work

[Aoxhwjfoavdlhsvfpzha]

@Iceman

a different thread.

Proxmark3 easy on a mac

Hi, I just got a Proxmark3 easy (Ali) and I am getting some issues. I followed an installation guide and I managed to flash the device and install the client using a Mac. However, when I run pm3 from the terminal, the client starts, it reads some info from the device: MCU… AT91SAM7S512 Rev A Memory… 512 KB ( 68% used ) Target… PM3 GENERIC Client.... Iceman/master/v4.20469 2025-06-16 16:18:01 Bootrom... Iceman/master/v4.20469-suspect 2025-06-16 16:18:01 72b1b17a3 OS........ Iceman/master/v4.…

@Iceman

build w/o readline and it will work

@Hamspiced

Try

brew install --build-from-source proxmark3 --env=std \
  GENERIC=1 DISABLE_READLINE=1

[bettercallsaul]

Thanks! A side question, when I tried to load the dump file into a card seeing this error:

[=] Copying to magic gen1a MIFARE Classic 1K

[=] .[!] Can’t set magic card block: 0

[?] Hint: Verify that it is a GDM and not USCUID derivative

Do you by any chance know how to fix it?

[Aoxhwjfoavdlhsvfpzha]

Are you sure the target card is a magic card?

What does hf mf info say?

[bettercallsaul]

[=] — ISO14443-a Information -----------------------------

[+] UID: 9B D7 43 1F

[+] ATQA: 00 04

[+] SAK: 08 [1]

[=] — Keys Information

[+] loaded 2 user keys

[+] loaded 61 hardcoded keys

[+] Sector 0 key A… FFFFFFFFFFFF

[+] Sector 0 key B… FFFFFFFFFFFF

[+] Sector 1 key A… FFFFFFFFFFFF

[+] Block 0… 9BD7431F100804006263646566676869 | bcdefghi

[=] — Fingerprint

[+] Fudan based card

[=] — Magic Tag Information

[+] Magic capabilities… Gen 1a

[+] Magic capabilities… Gen 4 GDM / USCUID ( ZUID Gen1 Magic Wakeup )

[=] — PRNG Information

[+] Prng… weak

[bettercallsaul]

The flags are not working

brew install --build-from-source proxmark3 --env=std \
  GENERIC=1 DISABLE_READLINE=1
Error: Calling brew install --env is disabled! Use `env :std` in specific formula files instead.
Please report this issue:
  https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting