Re: Too many passwords

Hi Tim (and all) - and thanks Alex, glad that helped. I use that as well. And you can actually get Keychain to create these for you as well. There’s a few ways to access an internal Password Assistant that can help generate these. For example, if you go to System Preferences - Users & Groups.

Re: Too many passwords

Thanks Heaps Daniel - great to have the discussion. And to all of you who so freely share your wisdom & experience. Cheers, Alex > On 5 Dec 2018, at 1:01 am, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Alex > > Thanks for that, glad it was helpful. > > In answer to your questions. > 1. I haven’t really used

Re: Too many passwords

I am with you on that one Tim. > On 5 Dec 2018, at 5:02 am, Tim Law wrote: > > Alex, > > In a blog posting, the owner of 1Password talked about the benefits to the > user of using normal words rather than a collection of wild letters and > numbers. If you ever have to physically enter a

Re: Too many passwords

Alex, In a blog posting, the owner of 1Password talked about the benefits to the user of using normal words rather than a collection of wild letters and numbers. If you ever have to physically enter a password it is much easier to write “sung.7Persuade.pushy” than a random string and

Re: Too many passwords

Hi Alex Thanks for that, glad it was helpful. In answer to your questions. 1. I haven’t really used LastPass, so I can’t really comment on it. I’ve just always used 1Password. I think I had some reservations on LastPass, but that was ages ago and I can’t recall what it was now. Perhaps it was

Re: Too many passwords

Thanks Daniel, that was very helpful on a very vexatious issue. Couple queries tho’. Do you have any opinion on LastPass? I have used it in a Windows environment. And, if one is to use a password management programme, would it then be advisable to set up random letters, numbers & characters

Re: Too many passwords

> On 3 Dec 2018, at 10:18 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Thank you Ronni. > I shall give it some thought. > > All my passwords are also printed on a sheet that is well hidden in my home. > Just in case something should upset 1Password. > > I must be a Failsafe Nuttter ! > I have used

Re: Too many passwords

Thank you Ronni. I shall give it some thought. All my passwords are also printed on a sheet that is well hidden in my home. Just in case something should upset 1Password. I must be a Failsafe Nuttter ! > On 3 Dec 2018, at 4:44 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: > > > I can understand your concern

Re: Too many passwords

I can understand your concern Stephen. My reasons below why I feel as confident as you can when dealing with security online using 1Password. Everything you store in 1Password is protected by a Master Password that only you know... 1Password is a ‘Local Password Manager’. Local password

Re: Too many passwords

For my twenty cents worth. I use Apple passwords for something like a social club but not for banking or broking. But I suspect even that’s over cautious as the master pass is the one to access the Apple device. Once in the Mac or iPad I should only need take care not to use a stranger’s wifi

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Perhaps I am being over cautious. It does make me nervous storing those passwords electronically. Would like to hear your take on that though ? > On 3 Dec 2018, at 3:06 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hello Stephen, > > I have used and recommended 1Password for years, I think from when it was >

Re: Too many passwords

Hello Stephen, I have used and recommended 1Password for years, I think from when it was first released. ALL my passwords including all software purchased details and passwords are stored in 1Password. As a matter of interest, why don’t you have your Apple ID, Banking, and PayPal stored in

Re: Too many passwords

Hello Pat. I can thoroughly recommend buying 1Password for your Mac. I have used it for a few years and could not get by without it. All my passwords (except Apple ID, Banking and Paypal) are stored in there. All I have to remember is my Master Password. I also keep all my Application Keys and

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oops sorry the Apple link should have been appleID.apple.com Silly auto correct! Kind regards Daniel  Sent from my iPhone XS  --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: Web: **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this

Re: Too many passwords

Hi Pat If you enter the AppleID (which is also used for iCloud, as they are generally one and the same thing), more then 3 times, then yes it will generally want you to reset it. You can do this by a few options - some are automated, and don’t require calling Apple. If you have access to the

Re: Too many passwords

Thanks, Peter and Susan, One thing I read while I was thrashing around trying to fix things, was that if you enter a password incorrectly 2 times, you have to (I forget the exact words) sort it out with Apple (which isn’t easy to do, as you are only given a limited number of topics that you

Re: Too many passwords

Hi Pat, with regard to the externally disk, if you have a folder on it, you can drag and drop your files into the folder without a password. If you don’t have a folder there you can easily create one. I would endorse Peter’s comment about the importance of keeping track of your passwords. I

Re: Too many passwords

> On 1 Dec 2018, at 11:31 am, Pat wrote: > > I have a functioning password to open the computer and other ones to send and > receive mail. But I have just discovered that Apple has a clutch of others > that I don’t know. I have never voluntarily used iCloud, so as far as I am > concerned,