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Mac 101: Retrieve lost passwords

Everyone eventually forgets a password or two. It's OK, don't be ashamed. Even your friends at TUAW have committed this error. Honestly.

Ivan at CreativeBits offers a simple way to reveal a forgotten password with Mac OS X's Keychain Access application. You'll find it in your Utilities folder (which lives in the Applications folder). It lists all the passwords you've stored for different applications (wireless networks, FTP servers, etc.). Just select the one you're interested in and perform a "Get Info" by hitting Command-I. Good luck, and write it down this time, will you?

Filed under: Software

Password Assistant

Password Assistant is a handy dandy little utility from codepoetry that  uses some hooks into Keychain Access to create complicated passwords easily.

It is open source (you gotta love that) and free (woo!).

Filed under: OS

Keychain Access tutorial

If you aren't using Keychain Access in OS X,  you're missing out. Of course many applications take advantage of this secure repository for passwords without you knowing about it, but this application can be used for a few more things.

NonStopMac.com has a short tutorial that walks you through what Keychain Access can do, and how it does it.

Tip of the Day

Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.


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