Is it possible to create a passkey for your Apple account on Mac or iOS?

[Oneechan69]

When I enter my email to sign into https://www.icloud.com/, it shows an option to sign in with a passkey. When I select it, it tries to get a passkey from my password option, and there seems to be no option to create one in Apple account settings, or on the betas on macOS 15 and iOS 18.

 

[Slartibart]

Do you use a Mac (or keyboard) with TouchID or an iPhone or iPad which runs iOS iOS 17 or higher?

 

[Oneechan69]

Yes to both

 

[Slartibart]

offering to/generating a passkey happens after the initial login - you have to login first. (we’re talking existing logins here.) In Apple’s words:

Replace the password for an existing account with a passkey

1. Sign in to the account with your password.
2. Choose Apple menu
   
   > System Settings, then click Passwords
   
   in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
3. Click the Info button
   
   for the website.
4. Click Change Password on Website.

You can either do this on your iOS/iPadOS>= 17-device, or via system settings.