Russell I hear you and used to have the same problems but not now. I let the password manager do its thing even for important stuff and it just seems to work then again I ditched my 2009 iMac for a 2017 model on high Sierra John
> On 8 Aug 2020, at 21:32, 'Russell Courtenay' via iMac Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is what I fear: Apple suggests a ‘secure’ password there is no way > you’ll remember so you try it. Then it never gets saved in your password! > Sometimes I enter a password on a website and in never asks ‘do you want to > save that password?’ > > Is this unusual? It has happened to me several times, I have a password file > in my file cabinet but seriously, with 500 plus online logins, it is not up > to date. Now with greater security on Google and the like, I guess they are > physically reviewing reset requests and it takes days... > > Thinking about using password manager software but isn’t that what iCloud is > supposed to be doing? > > Now I am in the recovery process with Google that will take a couple days. I > am still logged in on my iPhone (password not saved there) but of course, > google now blocks messages from downloading to my phone so only the previews > are there. > > This is a family email account I started in April of 2019 and never used, I > use it today and- locked out. > > I don’t use my iMac much but it still the family server and backup machine, > maybe it is time to replace it... > > 2008 iMac > Mac OS X El Capitan > Gmail account > > Russell Courtenay > Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/AB455728-B64D-4D36-B7C7-FFAF81CA5853%40yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/61064378-DB2B-4340-8D84-33D8D69A4262%40googlemail.com.
