Redundant password request

In Safari, when logging into a site, I put my user name. The key symbol shows up. When clicking on it, a pop up window asks for my apple password and prevents me to enter the site specific.

It is redundant, time consuming and very annoying. Months ago, when clicking on the key symbol, the password field was automatically filled up.

Posted on Jun 30, 2019 6:01 AM

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1 reply

Eric Root

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Jun 30, 2019 10:26 AM in response to rcolesny

Is it asking for your Apple ID password or your user password?

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