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Q: How to view app-specific password after generated

I would like to enter app-specific password on my 2nd Mac, but I don't have a way to view the app-specific password generated earlier.

I know I could generate another app-specific password for the same app. But it doesn't make sense if i couldn't view previously generated app-specific password.

OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), Apple ID

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 7:43 PM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Feb 25, 2015 7:49 PM in response to aderts
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    Feb 25, 2015 7:49 PM in response to aderts

    If you can easily find out what a password is, then it doesn't provide any security. Try writing them down or just remembering them or use a password vault such as 1Password.

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,Helpful

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Feb 25, 2015 8:21 PM in response to aderts
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    Feb 25, 2015 8:21 PM in response to aderts

    If it was saved automatically in your keychain, YOU (who knows your login password = your keychain password) can retrieve passwords stored there.

     

    Open the keychain Utility, select passwords as the things to examine, and scroll through the list until you see the one you want. GetInfo in it, and it will put up a dialog box. Check "show password" and it will likely demand your login password again, then show you the stored password.

     

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    Keychain is very secure. If you forget your login password, or change your login password and fail to also update your keychain password to match, your keychain and everything on it will be dead to you (and everyone else).