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slrandall

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Jun 15, 2011
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People with more knowledge about how OS X and iOS work than I, would it be possible to sync Keychains across iOS and OS X?

As a university student, I have a bunch of class webpages that are password protected. When I enter them on my Mac, they'll save and automatically allow me into the page next time I access it. On iOS, not only do I have to enter the password each time, it won't just get the password from Keychain Access on my Mac through iCloud, syncing, etc.
 

HazyCloud

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Jun 30, 2010
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I don't think our Keychain syncs via iCloud, but I could be wrong. I personally use 1Password to sync my credentials across all of my devices.
 

RTWG

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Sep 12, 2008
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.Mac and MobileMe synced keychains, but iCloud doesn't. :(
 

VulchR

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Jun 8, 2009
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So far as I know there is no keychain :apple: app on the iPhone. I wish there were. There are password managers, some of which have been shown to be unreliable. I use Strip lite, which was reviewed favorably by a security organization. Still, you're limited to entering passwords by cut and paste.

Maybe someday Apple will provide something like keychain for the iPhone - perhaps as part of Passport....
 

jent

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Mar 31, 2010
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.Mac and MobileMe synced keychains, but iCloud doesn't. :(
Between Macs, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there's ever been Apple-supplied password syncing between OS X and iOS devices.
 
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