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Title: How to get a Safari password to save it in a password manager
Post by: HCK on August 20, 2019, 04:05:12 pm
How to get a Safari password to save it in a password manager

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<p>Apple has been a fantastic promoter of better password security by suggesting strong passwords and auto-filling them in Safari for macOS and iOS. These passwords are long, complex, automatically stored, stored securely, and—if you have iCloud Keychain—synchronized across all your devices linked to the same iCloud account that also have iCloud Keychain enabled.</p><p>However, there’s one small flaw: Third-party password managers in Safari for macOS won’t pick up the entered password and offer to store it for you in their database. I rely on 1Password, and there are a few other highly regarded password-management systems that have features that stretch beyond the strong but limited options with Safari and iCloud Keychain.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3431164/how-to-get-a-safari-password-to-save-it-in-a-password-manager.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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