It's an iOS7 feature, so if you installed iOS7 on your 4S, then you have it. On Aug 22, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Mich Verrier <mi...@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> is this keychane on the eye phone 4s? or just on the 5 and above? from Mich. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 2:49 PM > Subject: RE: The iCloud Keychain, I Think I'm Beginning to Like It > > > Hello Traci, > > 1Password and the keychain serve two different purposes, effectively. > > As far as I know, one cannot easily retrieve stored info from the keychain, > I mean it can be done, but not on the fly. Also, the key chain's primary > purpose, as I understand it, is to facilitate security convenience between > one's various Apple products and the outside world, as it were. > > 1Password, however, in its accessible version as far as we're concerned, > allows one to quickly look up and/or generate various passwords and/or > credentials. > > I use 1Password, primarily, as a secure way of storing my credit card > numbers, various ID info, and so forth on the phone so I can quickly > retrieve them on the fly. > > In recent releases, I do believe 1Password is seeking to expand its > functionality in becoming a one-stop security solution. For me, though, I > only use it on my phone and only to store info, written on the various cards > that I carry on my person. > > Finally, although the iCloud Keychain did facilitate a smooth transition > from one device to another, I have not nor do I plan to allow it to store > any of my passwords or credit card info; if, for no other reason, than that > I don't want to forget them just in case I am on a Windows computer as I am > most of the time. > > Mark > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Traci Duncan > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 9:03 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: The iCloud Keychain, I Think I'm Beginning to Like It > > Is keychains security much the same as onePassword and the like? > > I've been interested in activating iCloud keychain on my phone. I greatly > enjoy it on my Mac. > > Traci > > On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I recently bought my wife a new laptop running Windows 8. We created a > Microsoft account for her and did some setup before deciding to return that > laptop and get a more powerful model. When we setup the new laptop the > experience was almost exactly what you described below. We entered her > Microsoft account information, a pass code was sent to her email and when > she entered that passcode into her new Windows machine, her account was > setup, her email was configured, her apps were downloaded and so on. > > On 08/21/2014 01:35 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am the proud new owner of a MacBook Pro with Retina Display. > > One of my greatest concerns, being a Windows user, was the difficulty I > would encounter transferring the contents including passwords and system > preferences from my old MacBook to the new one. > > Now I have used the Migration Assistant in the past, when assisting friends, > but not without some minor problems said problems including duplicated user > account errors, etc. > > Before purchasing the new Mac, I decided to configure and enable the > keychain on both my iPhone and my old Mac. > > I would be lying if I stated that I totally understand all of the nuances of > the keychain but, somewhere along the line I must have enabled security > authorization from my iPhone. > > As a result, during the setup process on the new Mac, I was asked to enter > my iCloud keychain security code. Upon doing this, I was sent a > verification code via SMS to my iPhone. Upon entering this verification > code into the new Mac, everything, and I mean everything was configured as > it was on the old Mac. > > The migration was flawless and, unlike on my beloved Microsoft Windows, > painless as well. > > Mark > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
