What Is Keychain Access?
Keychain Access comes pre-installed on all Macs and is Apple’s tool to save passwords. It saves usernames and passwords for Safari, Wi-Fi networks, and apps. It’s Keychain Access that auto-fills your account info when you need to log in. Because Keychain Access stores all of your passwords, it’s also the place where you view saved passwords on your Mac. We’ll assume you have some passwords in Keychain Access already, so follow these steps to look them up.
How to Sync Saved Passwords With iCloud Keychain
Like the idea of saving your passwords and having them autofill when you need them? Not only can you do so on a Mac, but it works on iPhone and iPad, too. That feature is called iCloud Keychain and it works just like other parts of iCloud: content is synced to all devices logged into the same iCloud account. So, if you set up iCloud Keychain on all your devices, they’ll all have the same passwords. To do so, follow these steps.
On Mac: Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud > check the box next to Keychain.On iPhone or iPad: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Keychain > move the iCloud Keychain slider to on/green.
How Do I View Saved Passwords in Chrome?
Chrome is many people’s preferred browser, but it doesn’t work with Keychain (by default, at least; there’s a browser extension to make Keychain compatible with Chrome). Instead, Chrome saves passwords itself. Here’s how to look up passwords in Chrome on a Mac.
