Manage passwords in Safari and Keychain Access

1 Unlock passwords

Open Safari, then go to the Safari menu and select ‘Preferences’. Select the Passwords icon in the toolbar, then click in the box and enter your Mac user account password.

2 View passwords

Passwords used by Safari are listed and it shows the website, username and password. Let the mouse hover over an obscured password to see it. One at a time are shown.

3 View website details

Select a website and click the ‘Details’ button or double-click an item. Look at the comment below the password to see if it is used elsewhere or is unsafe for some reason.

4 Airdrop passwords

Click the Share button in the details panel and any Macs with Airdrop enabled (just turn on Bluetooth), are listed. Click the person to send the password to and it is sent.

5 See password problems

Viewing the details for a password shows problems, but a simpler method is to let the mouse hover over the triangle icon. This one is easily guessed due to a common word.

6 Manually add passwords

Safari automatically stores website passwords when they are first used, but you can manually add them. Click the ‘Add’ button, enter a website, username and password.

7 Open Keychain Access

Passwords are not stored in Safari, but are actually in Keychain. Click Go>utilities and run Keychain Access. View passwords by selecting a category in the top-left list.

8 See Wi-fi networks

Safari passwords do not show Wi-fi network passwords, but all the hotspots you ever used can be seen by entering ‘Airport’ into the search box in the top-right corner.

9 Keychain passwords

Double-click an item, such as a Wi-fi entry, to see the details. Account is the Wi-fi name and by ticking the ‘Show password’ checkbox, you can see the network password.