Searching by username is often long-winded as you might re-use the same email address multiple times on different websites, or on different platforms.
I usually search keychain for the name of the server or website. I have over 2.5k saved passwords due to my job so it can be very slow searching at times. _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 11 Mar 2021, at 12:42, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the detailed reply, Toby. Helpful stuff. > > I guess my main question is how to navigate Keychain Access.app, when I need > to find a password for use elsewhere (ie, when 'sync' doesn't work or apply) > > When I search for a password relating to a website, app or username, I get a > long list of all potential results and it's quite tricky to know which one > relates to what I actually need. 1Password makes it a little easier to > identify logins, but I'm keen to just have everything within iCloud Keychain > going forward. > > Any tips on quickly finding a login and password and making sense of what's > what in the list you're given once you've searched? > > Thanks again > > On Wednesday, 10 March 2021 at 17:20:19 UTC Toby Leighton wrote: > Keychain has been around as long as OSX has, hence its "functional" UI. > iCloud never used to be in the mix but now it is. Keychain isn't just for > your personal generated & stored passwords but for system use, and you can > also have multiple keychains etc. > > Rather than rambling about keychain, to address your question, no I wouldn't > start renaming things in there, but in a similar way that 1password > recommends you set up websites by capturing the login rather than manually > creating it I'd let keychain do its thing its way > > If you do want a safe way to experiment with renaming though, you could > create a new keychain and copy+paste items between them, but I don't think > anything other than the icloud keychain will be available to your other > devices. > > I started using 1Password in earnest many years ago whereas I used to use > keychain before for generating and saving random different passwords, This > wasn't only for sync, I used windows just as much as macs, and android just > as much as iphone 1Password was the thing for me at the time. > > The password management landscape is very different now, and I'm finding I > only rely on 1Password for legacy stuff, as there are so many (free) options > out there that are competitive. I'm also considering migrating away from it > > Toby > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 at 16:02, mac98aop <[email protected] > <applewebdata://560E38CA-9F18-4302-9CE7-B6EF7C6407F7>> wrote: > Hi folks > > I'm migrating from 1Password to iCloud Keychain, and only real thing is the > UI, which for an Apple interface is interesting. I'm just never quite sure > which item in the listing actually contains the login password, as when I > search for say 'iCloud' dozens of entries pop up. > > Do I need to start properly naming them to more accurately find them?! > > Any tips?! > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <applewebdata://560E38CA-9F18-4302-9CE7-B6EF7C6407F7>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8c1e9868-c91a-4877-ad80-f85a2a5825c2n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8c1e9868-c91a-4877-ad80-f85a2a5825c2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/58b20312-ff03-45e2-bd0d-0600bfd186ecn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/58b20312-ff03-45e2-bd0d-0600bfd186ecn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User 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/smug/3F4AC864-86F3-4530-BD94-565C9342CF5B%40macambulance.com.
