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  1. J

    Save password for Adobe Photoshop / Creative Cloud

    Is it possible to save my Adobe Creative Cloud email and password to avoid typing it myself? Adobe allows you to use their products on two computers simultaneously... but I have three. So I often need to sign myself out to use the third computer, and I don't want to retype my username/password...
  2. K

    Keychain Backup Not Loading

    Macbook Pro mid-2012 I'm using a Western Digital Elements 2TB external hard drive as my main drive for the time being. So far so good, surprisingly speedy for a hard drive. The only hitch is I haven't been able to get my Time Machine keychain backup added. I go to the library of my backup hard...
  3. M

    Is iCloud Keychain Enabled by Default? (If so can it be disabled without signing in to iCloud?)

    In the process of setting up a new Mac running Monterey. I do NOT want my passwords stored in iCloud. Have NOT signed into iCloud on the Mac and have not turned on iCloud Keychain. Setup my email account. Using the Keychain Access app I noticed that Keychain record the email password...
  4. M

    How do I copy Keychains from old Mac to new Mac without iCloud?

    Just purchased a new MacBook Pro M1 to replace my well served 17-inch, Mid 2010. How do I copy my Keychains from old Mac to new Mac without iCloud? Not doing a migration or restore from Time Machine in attempt to leave the cruft behind. Have numerous passwords (for websites, apps, ssh, nas...
  5. T

    Best way to transfer Keychain from Monterey to Sonoma when doing clean install?

    I'm having issues with my 2019 27" i9 iMac running Monterey 12.7.1. Apple Support agreed the best approach would be to do a complete disk wipe, install Sonoma, and then install my applications from scratch (i.e., a clean install, rather than using Migration Assistant, which would bring over all...
  6. RazorBackXX

    Keychain Password Help For Unlocking My USB FlashDrive

    ok fellas, I need y'all. I did a clean install of macOS Sonoma & didn't realize I had encrypted The USB. when I plug it in it ask for a password I don't remember it but I remember saving it to keychain. but its not In my iCloud Keychain. I think it was saved to the local keychain which is gone...
  7. Mihatsu

    password and keychain not work

    Hi, New 15 max pro and I did not transfer anything from old phone. passwords and keychain is on but passwords not sync in the phone. I see them in ipad. i cannot even toggle the sync off (clicking the toggle does not do anything). in reddit people seem to complain same issue. any tricks to get...
  8. 2

    Password Support across apps like chrome

    Any chance macOS 14 allows using the apple password manager on apps like chrome or other web browsers? I know they have a plug-in for PCs but not for Macs.
  9. Buadhai

    Intel MBA Keychain/Password Woes

    My wife has a 2017 MBA still running Catalina (10.15.7 - Yeah, I know). Recently she's had a couple of odd password problems that I think are keychain related: • The machine keeps "forgetting" WiFi passwords. When I check the keychain on her machine, there is no entry for the SSID she's trying...
  10. A

    Possible to sync Mac Keychain Passwords to iPhone offline?

    Hi there, I'm using Mac desktop's keychain for storing site passwords and want to sync those to my iPhone without using iCloud (or any other method that involves my logins going online). Is there an offline way to manually achieve this? Would airdrop be an option for bulk sharing? Or does...
  11. AF_APPLETALK

    Keychain Apps

    Does anyone know of a good 3rd party app that lets you browse through/interact with your Keychain? They made a lot of progress in Ventura with the newer passwords interface in System Preferences, err, System Settings, but there's things missing like Secure Notes and such that you can only get...
  12. jeroenvip

    iCloud Keychain crossbrowser on Ventura?

    On IOS we can use our iCloud Keychain in Safari, Firefox and Chrome, aka cross browser. Is there any news when this is also coming to Ventura ?
  13. kecinzer

    Safari keep asking for user/password for HTTP auth

    I have few intranet sites that requires http auth user/password. Even if I have it saved in keychain, site keep asking me for this credentials and I need to fill it manually every time. Is there some trick, to not asi me each time, or some hidden settings? I googled it but without success. Thanks.
  14. C

    Keychain Reset

    I have a user who is being prompted to reset her keychain whenever she logs on to a wireless network. It doesn't matter what network, she gets prompted to reset. Would deleting and recreating her keychain solve this? I have not seen this behavior before so I have no clue about the cause. The...
  15. 7

    Need help with iCloud keychain backup

    Hi, I have MacBook pro MacOS Monterey, my room mate friend [lets call him X] logged out of my Apple ID on my Mac and used his Apple ID to logged in and used it for some days. The same person X used my another room mate's iPad [lets call him Y] with X's credentials after logging Y's out of his...
  16. J

    Storage of Wi-Fi passwords in local keychain necessary?

    I did a clean install of Monterey from a USB flash drive. The Mac needs to be online during the installation (not only for the initial activation of the device), so I connected it to a Wi-Fi. During the setup (after the "Hello screen") I skipped the Wi-Fi configuration. I still have a Wi-Fi in...
  17. ojobson

    Can chrome make use of keychain passwords

    Is there a way that MacOS can fill in passwords in Chrome? I don't really want to export my passwords to Chrome if I can avoid it, as I would rather not have all my passwords in my iCloud and Google account. (I have to use Chrome for Work, but use Safari for most other things). If I did decide...
  18. M

    Keychain unknown and weird passwords saved ??

    Hey everyone, Just got a brand new MBP with Monterey preloaded. Roamed around the system a little bit and discovered some weird password in Keychain including many that seemed to be Bluetooth related... I have absolutely no idea what they are, bluetooth is always off and even if I tried...
  19. GoztepeEge

    iCloud Keychain does not get activated after resetting the password on the MacBook

    Hi! I just got an extremely weird issue. I tried to disable the password protection on my MBP, I got system preferences, users&groups, and I just clicked "change password" for my login account on the device. I typed my current password and left blank for the new password, it asked me to make...
  20. dliwski

    iCloud Keychain doesn't sync across devices and I can't turn it off

    Hello! After setting up my new iPhone I have noticed that all my passwords are gone. I still have access to them on my Mac and iPad, but unfortunately keychain doesn't sync anymore. I tried to turn it off on every single device, but it goes back on immediately after and nothing happens...