Questions tagged [password]
A code, key, or string of text required to gain access to a particular service or resource.
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Prompt for password for encrypted root partition on every boot
I have a MacBook Air A2681 13" and I'd like to disable the auto unlock on the root partition so it prompts for a password on every boot before unlocking the root partition, loading the OS and ...
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Are iCloud passwords and iCloud Keychain separate?
I've seen people refer to iCloud Passwords as 'Keychain' but I am unsure if it's the same as what we see when you open 'Keychain Access' on macOS.
Years back I ran into an issue where my keychain was '...
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Hey there I’m sorry to bother but I need some help with my other appl iPhone ID password.the thing is the number is no longer active and I email [duplicate]
Can anyone help me change my password on my other iPhone I forgot my Apple ID password and I’m no longer using the email even the phone number is not active
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How do I bypass password in Ubuntu on A1224
I was given an A1224 iMac for my 5-8th grade students. The previous owner said he could not remember the password. It has Ubuntu on it. When I hit alt at boot up it shows one drive. I click on the ...
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How do I set up separate verification codes in Passwords for two sites with a shared domain?
I'm trying to set up Verification Codes in Apple's Passwords for two sites that share a domain (top-level and second-level) but with different subdomains. But Passwords seems not to allow this.
For ...
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Cannot switch to root after applying Account Policies
After running the following script, that applies some Account Policies I have lost the access to root account.
I took the script from Git
Executing command
sudo su -
Resulting in request of an old ...
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How to securely manage SSH passphrases via keychain?
Recently I had a long time mitigating possible risks occured due to malware I got on my Mac. Now I wiped the system and trying to figure out how to set up it in such way that when similar situation ...
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Can't set password for Mac internet sharing over Wi-Fi
I'm trying to host my Mac's internet connection to my other devices. But I can't set the password, nor I can't change my Wi-Fi host name from Wi-Fi Settings panel. I'm trying to change and click "...
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One of our Apple TV 4K devices does not permit speaking the characters when entering a password
Title says it all.
We have two Apple TV 4K devices. One of them lets us speak each character of a password when in a password data-entry screen. The other Apple TV 4K does not.
Is there some way to ...
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Can I create missing keychain entries?
The Mail app on a MacOSX 10.15 system keeps asking for entering the mail account's password. Gmail is working, the other accounts are not.
There is a keychain entry for the Gmail account. There are no ...
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How do I find the password for my "Local Items" keychain?
I'm looking through passwords in Keychain Access, but some of them are prompting me for a password for a keychain I'm not familiar with. How do I find the password for my "Local Items" ...
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Safari 17.0 clear history command deletes passwords in keychains
Since the Safari 17.0 update under Ventura 13.6, I noticed a problem with the "Clear history" menu command. When clearing history with the "all history" option, Safari asks for a ...
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Does iCloud password extension for Chrome work?
I have a couple of sites that I connect to on Chrome on my Mac and when I go to the logon screen, I get the following pop-up:
Enable Password AutoFIll
Click the toolbar button to enable the
iCloud ...
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No Fingerprint (=Touch ID) after some time with a paired Bluetooth keyboard / mouse set. How to get the fingerprint feature back without a restart? [duplicate]
After working with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse set for some time, my iPad will often drop the fingerprint feature. That does not stop me from working with it since I can enter the password instead.
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Checkmark for switching Apple-ID password on icloud.com
I have a little question which hopefully some of you can answer me.
You can switch your Apple-ID password in different ways. One for example is on the device settings itself or via webbrowser on any ...
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Force ipad to ask Apple ID password when install new software
I understand it’s convenient to avoid entering a password when using app store.
For parental control purpose, how can I enforce the use of apple id password when using the app store every time?
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After a password reset on a MacBook with a FileVault recovery key, can I access new changes in my iCloud Keychain without logging in to iCloud again?
Alternate phrasing of the core question: Where exactly is that secret stored which provides a MacBook with access to one’s iCloud account one previously logged in to?
I have a MacBook Pro (14", ...
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What is the difference between Password and Keychain?
What is the main difference between Password under settings and Keychain? I noticed that upon adding new credentials in Keychain, it is not included in the Passwords. However adding credentials in ...
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Newest iTunes doesn't recognize iPhone 6s
I have an iPhone 6s that I want to reset since we don't know the passcode. I'm using Windows 10, but I can get access to a Mac if that would help. The iPhone connects successfully to the iTunes ...
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Are all default Keychains on macOS synced to the cloud?
I am a bit confused, I have "login" and "iCloud" as default Keychains, are they both synced to Apple's cloud?
Is the "login" Keychain synced to the cloud the same way the ...
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Updated from El Capitan to Sierra (10.11 to 10.12) and now no login passwords work
I have an older Mac Pro that I’ve been meaning to update for quite some time so I downloaded the Sierra installer and updated it.
It appears the update goes fine and the system restarts but none of my ...
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Keychain loses Bitbucket app password every time
I create a new app password in Bitbucket when git push asks for the password, I paste it and use it. Then I see the bitbucket login entry in Keychain, the next day when I push again git asks for the ...
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My old roommate stole my iPhone and i just got it back
They changed the passcode and now I can't get in. After upgrading to the iPhone 12, my old roommate stole my old iPhone 11. They changed the passcode, but continued to use my Apple ID and password. I ...
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Mac Ventura Password suggestions box won't go away
After updating to Ventura a new username recommendation box has appeared in pretty much all my apps and I don't know how to disable it. I have 1password, the one I want, but it always appears behind ...
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How to group saved site passwords in iOS safari
I have multiple businesses and multiple site logins for each. On PC I can open Chrome browser, select a google account that I created for one of my businesses, and then I’m automatically logged in to ...
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why safari doesn't authenticate me during auto fill?
I have saved my username and password(let's say of a website abc.com) in Passwords on macOS. Now, when I go to that website on Safari, and I click inside login username, it prompts me to autofill. ...
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Why is Face ID necessary twice to sign into a Google account?
When I sign in to Google on Safari, Face ID is required twice. First:
Sign in to google.com with my saved password
Second for a passkey:
Do you want to sign in "google.com" with your ...
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How can I make the MacOS lock screen wait longer at the password prompt before turning off the screen?
My Macbook is connected to an external monitor that takes a full minute to turn on (it scans through it's half-dozen inputs, taking 10 seconds for each one). When I wake up my Macbook, if I simply ...
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Password-protected text file which will open in Dropbox app
I have all my passwords and stuff in an Open Office Write document (.odt file) in Dropbox. That file is itself password-protected (which effectively means it is encrypted with the password being the ...
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How to SSH when current user cannot access identity file?
I wish to find a shell one-liner on macOS that runs a command on a remote machine via SSH with a different non-root user (say, joe), using an identity file that only joe can access. The following one-...
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After downgrade account to standard user not able to login
After downgrade an account to standard, this user is not able to log in. After reboot came up a login window, then progress bar and then a login window again. There message is "After reboot Touch-...
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How to bypass password authentication when booting into macOS Recovery
I have an Apple Silicon machine with FileVault enabled, and when I boot into macOS Recovery, it asks for a password before letting me use the utilities etc.
I have forgotten my password, so I cannot ...
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How can I disable auto-lock in the 1Password browser extension?
How can I disable auto-lock in the 1Password browser extension?
I use the 1Password password manager and the Chrome web browser. Whenever I try to auto-fill a password, a tool tip says, "Press ...
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How secure are the notes stored alongside passwords in iOS?
I am not discussing the Notes app, nor the Secure Notes feature of the traditional Keychain Access on macOS - rather the NOTES section of Passwords found in the iOS Settings app. In looking for an ...
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application logins not saving = possible keychain issue
(2015 iMac running Monterey 12.6.6)
I'm having login in issues with 2 3rd party desktop applications (both from the App store) that I believe are linked, possibly to a keychain issue?
Evernote desktop ...
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Where does Safari persist the credentials of HTTP(S) Basic Authentication?
Some websites use HTTP basic authentication.
How can you save the credentials of this kind of login in macOS Safari?
Where does Safari persist the credentials?
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How to password protect writing to a file but not reading to the file
Purpose: limit writing to /etc/hosts to prevent me from editing the file without permission from someone that I entrust the password to. Note that I am the administrator of this Mac, so the password ...
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how to restore disappeared saved web passwords after changing local user login password
The web passwords saved for a local user "UL" have disappeared after changing that local user's password and I need to recover them.
Here is my specific setup:
I'm working on a MacBook Air ...
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Is it safe to set device (MacBook, iPhone, ...) passwords same as Apple ID password?
I don't want to have a different passcode for each device (iPhone, iPad, MacBook, ...), because I would either risk to forget them or I would be pressured to make them simple passcodes. Same argument ...
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How to know if a password prompt is legit in macOS? [duplicate]
See for example Is this prompt for iCloud credentials legit?, ICloud Password prompt, and other similar questions, where a dialog pops up in MacOS asking for the user's password.
As a user, I presume ...
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Disable Erase Mac option in Recovery options
(editing this question for clarity)
Assume that a Mac (with Apple Silicon) is physically given to a non-admin user (say a child).
Pre-condition:
The non-admin user does not know the admin password ...
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iMac M1 forgets it has a TouchID key
That's the best way I can describe it on one line.
This is a 2021 M1 iMac with extended Magic Keyboard. Updated to Ventura 13.3.1 during this investigation, but started on Monterey 12.2 - no change in ...
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Macbook (non-M1) was stolen, and the thieves got access to the apple password (not the computer password). No filevault. Can they retrieve passwords?
Girlfriend's MacBook was stolen, and she fell into their phishing trap and gave them her iCloud password (changed less than 15 minutes later, and luckily different from her login password).
Next, the ...
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Can't login to MacBook Pro, password and password reset not working
I am helping a friend who was deleting some files and sudo stopped working for him. He reset his computer and can't log back in. First he gets-
Reset password using Apple ID credentials
I enter ...
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How to access email password not saved in keychain? [duplicate]
Is there any way to access the password for an email address that is stored in Mac's Mail app but that is not saved in Keychain?
(Both Passwords and Keychain Access seem not to have saved this ...
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System admin password not working
I have a 2019 Macbook Pro, Ventura. Recently, I've noticed that my system password (I am the only user, and I checked in Users & Groups) doesn't work to change my Privacy and Security settings. I ...
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MacBook password doesn't work on login screen but works in recover options
Our M2 MacBook Air password doesn't work from the login screen.
There is no option to reset it from the login window (see If you forgot your Mac login password).
Trying to look into options using the ...
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How to access my iPhone when I can't remember the passcode
I gave my iPhone 6 to my husband, but he forgot the passcode which changed from 4 #s to 6 #s. How can we get into the phone without it affecting my new iPhone?
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Keychain has wrong Gmail Password. Apple Mail Is Still Working But I Can't Find the Password to Log in the Webmail Interface
Somehow I think I overwrote my password in the keychain with the wrong password for my Gmail account. Somehow Apple Mail is still allowing me to access my account. I still need this Gmail password for ...
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iforgot keeps sending emails to icloud.com address which I'm trying to recover in the first place
This is silly beyond words. I'm trying to restore my apple account with email at icloud.com via iforgot.apple.com. After they verify my phone number and I enter the code, they say that another ...
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