Good news, there is a much easier way. Go to passwords on any device and add in the information manually. You will be able to pull it up when you need to and you should be good to go. Also, make sure your devices are logged into the same iCloud account. I’m gathering it’s not with the way you mentioned pulling up info on another device.
> On Feb 25, 2022, at 07:19, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: > > I had the occasion to have to replace an email account on an iPad last night. > At first I thought I could just change the in and out server addresses and > passwords, but then I thought why not just rip out the old one, which hadn't > been used in a year and a half, and add it again. So I did--or tried to. I > deleted the old account, but when I went to add the new one, it occurred to > me that I didn't remember the email password. You know, it's one of those > things you set up and hope you'll never have to change unless, as in this > case, you change domain providers and forget what you chose. No problem--I'll > just sync the iPad with the other Apple devices on the account. > > > Or so I thought. > > > The first rabbithole down which I went was Safari's password list. The email > account wasn't there. > > > Next I tried Keychain Access. Vacuously empty. Hey, I thought Keychain Access > held every password known to a Mac in its database. Guess not! > > > Next, a call to Apple technical support just in case I was missing something, > and another to Apple's disability access help line in case I might have > stumbled upon an accessibility issue with Keychain Access. Nope, no issues, > no accessibility problems. Just no email account password stored anywhere. > > > And it can't even be gotten from System Preferences, although it *is* > possible to change it. There's even a menu accessible from > VO-Command-Spacebar with options on it like Cut and Copy, but they're all > grayed; the only active one is Delete. Go figya! > > > So, if iCloud is so great for synchronizing accounts across devices, what > about email? > > > Apple says that, except for mail addresses supported by Apple itself through > iCloud, the only way to save an email account's username and password is to > log into that account via Safari. But what if the email provider doesn't > offer Web-based email via direct access to the account, i.e., logging > directly into the Web-based mail system instead of going through CPanel or > some other portal? Easy and pretty obvious answer: You're stuck--at least > that's the polite way of putting it (LOL). > > > So it's back to CPanel login to my domain for me, where I'll have to reset > the password for the email account in question, go into two Apple devices to > update it, and then finally create the account on the iPad. You can be sure > that when I set this account's new password, I'll use a password creation > formula I devised some time ago and follow it to the letter! That password > formula hasn't failed me in over twelve years. > > > So, was there an easier way to have accomplished this, or is an email address > not associated with the iCloud domain and Apple ecosystem truly on its own? I > suspect the latter. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/ae8d919e-37ed-bc21-d333-5bb0e38a49e8%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/88D6A952-A88A-4276-A9FA-8F4A8CC3FC4E%40gmail.com.
