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Apple's Passwords App Gains Version History Feature

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fmxl said:
How good is the Apple Passwords? Quite tired of 1Password UX and issues and thinking of changing to this.
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I wouldn't touch this even if someone paid me after what my oldest went through. Her Apple ID got locked out and locked out of anything connected to her Apple ID, including passwords. It was over a week before she got back into it.
 
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Passwords, to me, are too important not to have a dedicated non Apple solution handling it.

For me, that's 1P, but there are various options.

I just can't have something this critical all wrapped up in Apple's odd release timing and intertwined in OS updates, etc.

It really needs to be its own thing IMO.

For how obsessed they are with "Services revenue", I'm amazed they don't have a Password Pro+ offering of some kind as it's own tier of iCloud. It's a legit thing I'd consider paying for if they treated with as much care as is warranted.
 
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The problem with all of Apple's stock apps is that if they find a bug, find a security weakness, or decide to implement a new feature, they have to wait until a new iOS (or MacOS) version is released in order to provide the update.

Yes, there was some kind of "Rapid Security Response" thing implemented in iOS 16, but how many of those have there been?

At least with third party apps (I use Bitwarden) they can release versions independent of OS releases.
 
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Enrico77 said:
The second point is most likely explicitly decided by Apple to motivate people to stay within its fully integrated ecosystem, from phones to notebooks and tablets, eventually culminating in an Apple Watch (though not yet Password App for it… wait for iOS 27+).
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even if that's not the motivation, it would require a business case to take on the cost and complexity of developing versions of the software for other platforms
 
Mr. Heckles said:
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I wouldn't touch this even if someone paid me after what my oldest went through. Her Apple ID got locked out and locked out of anything connected to her Apple ID, including passwords. It was over a week before she got back into it.
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How about some backstory?
 
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Great new feature. In 2025 I finally switched from LastPass to Apple's Passwords app, since the Firefox plugin became available. It works quite well. LastPass was no longer really innovating and wasn't well integrated in the OS. Password history was one the main things lacking from Apple's app.

I also love the ability to have the same password+account for multiple URLs, which wasn't possible on LastPass to my knowledge.
 
turbineseaplane said:
Passwords, to me, are too important not to have a dedicated non Apple solution handling it.

For me, that's 1P, but there are various options.

I just can't have something this critical all wrapped up in Apple's odd release timing and intertwined in OS updates, etc.

It really needs to be its own thing IMO.

For how obsessed they are with "Services revenue", I'm amazed they don't have a Password Pro+ offering of some kind as it's own tier of iCloud. It's a legit thing I'd consider paying for if they treated with as much care as is warranted.
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I’m happy it’s free.

I’m happy it’s Apple.

I’ve been happy w keychain for more than a decade, iOS passwords for a decade, Passwords these last few years.

It keeps getting better feature wise.

I think most folks don’t have the exotic edge cases that the fans of paid managers say are essential to them.
 
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Robert.Walter said:
I’m happy it’s free.

I’m happy it’s Apple.

I’ve been happy w keychain for more than a decade, iOS passwords for a decade, Passwords these last few years.

It keeps getting better feature wise.

I think most folks don’t have the exotic edge cases that the fans of paid managers say are essential to them.
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That's fine!
Great to have options!

I don't want everything that's in my passwords App beholden to updates on the Apple schedule, nor tied to my Apple ID/Password and the odd things that can happen there at times.

It's the old ... "don't put all your eggs in the same basket".
 
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adrianlondon said:
The problem with all of Apple's stock apps is that if they find a bug, find a security weakness, or decide to implement a new feature, they have to wait until a new iOS (or MacOS) version is released in order to provide the update.

Yes, there was some kind of "Rapid Security Response" thing implemented in iOS 16, but how many of those have there been?

At least with third party apps (I use Bitwarden) they can release versions independent of OS releases.
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But passwords is a standalone app.

It is notable though in the App Store there isn’t a revision indicator like 3pty apps have.
 
Sorta, except you still need access to your passwords while the Apple situation is being straightened out.
 
Robert.Walter said:
And that’s a bad thing? Seems like a win. Didn’t she have 2FA enabled?
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She did have it on, and yes, a win. But she couldn't get into accounts to pay her bills (she had to pay some of them over the phone). For a while, it looked like she wouldn't get her account back also. She couldn't even get emails to reset passwords to get in that way. She took my advice and separated everything. If she had her password and emails separated, this wouldn't have as big of an issue.
I just asked her about it, and she said she was locked out just shy of 3 weeks.
 
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TwoBytes said:
Apple, please bring the feature to store certificates, deeds, attachments, passports and credit cards!
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But these aren't passwords. You can save passports and credits cards on Safari or wallet now! And attachments can be saved in locked notes in notes app.
 
iDento said:
But these aren't passwords. You can save passports and credits cards on Safari or wallet now! And attachments can be saved in locked notes in notes app.
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I must admit I would be pleased if I could save pics or pdfs of my credit cards or other useful info in the notes section of each Passwords card.
 
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adrianlondon said:
I didn't realise.

As that's the case, why is keeping password history limited to iOS 26 and Tahoe? (Assuming the OP is correct, of course!)
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It's in the App Store, but only because that's how Apple handles the stock iOS apps that you're able to delete. That's why there's no version number – it's whatever iOS version you're on.

Still, if there were a critical flaw with the Passwords app or underlying architecture, I'm sure Apple wouldn't hesitate to push out an update. They've pushed out updates for far less.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
Passwords, to me, are too important not to have a dedicated non Apple solution handling it.

For me, that's 1P, but there are various options.

I just can't have something this critical all wrapped up in Apple's odd release timing and intertwined in OS updates, etc.

It really needs to be its own thing IMO.

For how obsessed they are with "Services revenue", I'm amazed they don't have a Password Pro+ offering of some kind as it's own tier of iCloud. It's a legit thing I'd consider paying for if they treated with as much care as is warranted.
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I just store them at the NSA and FOIA them when I need to login
 
This update represents a significant advancement to an already highly effective application.

Based on my observations of iOS/iPadOS 26, if the new features perform as intended and are fully supported on devices released within the past four years without being tied exclusively to the newest iProduct, this release has the potential to be transformative.
 
Havalo said:
Password app should be on AppStore instead forcing users to upgrade major OS version in order to get a feature that should have been available from the beginning.
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Don’t forget that every Apple apps major release requires new OS version.
 
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