You’ve undoubtedly noticed that you’re not routinely nagged for a password when you use your Mac’s email client, nor do you have to enter passwords for many of ...

In this installation of Getting to know your Mac, the MacFixIt editors will be taking a look at the Keychain Access utility. Keychain Access allows you to manage your passwords for everything from Web ...

One of the unsung joys of being a Mac consultant is getting emails from clients with problems that aren't critical enough warrant a billable office visit but still need attention. This morning, I ...

If you’ve ever encountered a dialog box that, upon asking for a password, offers to store it, you’ve had a brush with OS X’s keychain. And perhaps you think that’s all it’s good for—storing your web, ...

Following this week's LinkedIn password disaster, Mac users are naturally worried about their passwords and not just for their LinkedIn accounts. What if you used a password in another place? It could ...

Has your Mac suddenly started asking you for account and Wi-Fi passwords it never used to require? Is your Mail app asking you to enter the password relentlessly ...

I will start this out by reminding everyone that you should be using a password manager to store and protect all of your passwords. We've reached a point where password managers should be considered ...

The easiest way to see a Wi-Fi password on a Mac computer is through the Keychain Access app. Alternatively, saved Wi-Fi passwords can be viewed through the Terminal on Mac. Seeing saved Wi-Fi ...

Since I have a terrible habit of losing things, I decided to encrypt my Verbatim "Tuff-N-Tiny" USB drive. This was a simple matter of control-clicking the drive name in Finder, choosing "Encrypt" and ...