Sign in with iCloud Keychain

Make your online life easier to manage across all of your Apple devices

modern life requires us to memorize more information than ever before. No wonder, then, that so many of us pick a single password and use it across everything from webmail to online stores.

While that might make your life easier, it certainly doesn’t make it secure, as a breach of any one of those systems leaves every site you sign in to – as well as your Mac – potentially vulnerable.

Fortunately, iCloud Keychain can help. Built into macOS and iOS, it syncs your account credentials between each of your Apple devices, so you can set obscure, less memorable passwords that are unique to every website you use, and have Safari fill in the details for you when they’re required. Handily, iCloud Keychain can store your credit card, email account and Wi-Fi network info too. Turning it on automatically moves details you’ve already saved to your Mac or iOS device to iCloud, and any new additions or amendments that you make are added to your online keychain over time.

Once you’ve set up your iCloud Keychain, you can largely forget about it, provided you keep three elements secure: your password, your trusted devices, and the Recovery Key for your iCloud account.