Timeline for Recover and decrypt email app password
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| Apr 21, 2017 at 14:49 | comment | added | Mr Opussum | It seems the yahoo account is using Oath, so the actual password cannot be recovered. Thanks anyways! | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 14:49 | vote | accept | Mr Opussum | ||
| Apr 21, 2017 at 14:47 | comment | added | Gordon Davisson | Note that iCloud keychain syncing will copy passwords both directions - from iPad to Mac, and from Mac to iPad. If this is an existing Mac with its own memorized passwords (that you probably don't want on the iPad), you can create a new user account on the Mac (in System Preferences -> Users & Groups), then log into the new account and sync its (empty) keychain with the iPad. | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | You need to log into the same iCloud account on both devices and enable Keychain syncing. If the passwort is in the keychain you can access it in plaintext through the Keychain application on the Mac | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 13:41 | comment | added | Mr Opussum | So there was a mac laying around I can use. This will allow me to see the plain text password of the email I am trying to access? | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 13:19 | history | answered | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |