How to better manage passwords with Keychain Access<article>
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If you’ve ever encountered a dialog box that, upon asking for a password, offers to store it, you’ve had a brush with OS X’s keychain. And perhaps you think that’s all it’s good for—storing your web, email, and network passwords. While it can do all that, the keychain and its partner, Keychain Access, offer additional password-related options you should be aware of. Here’s how to put these options to best use.</p><h2>Retrieving saved passwords</h2>
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Since the keychain holds your passwords, it’s hardly a leap to believe it can be used to retrieve them. However, since it does so automatically, you may so rarely interact with your passwords that you forget them. This is particularly so if you use Apple’s password generation tools, which create passwords difficult to remember. Should you need to retrieve your password, you can easily do so with two options using Keychain Access.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2862956/how-to-better-manage-passwords-with-keychain-access.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to better manage passwords with Keychain Access
