Open Passwords or Keychain Access - How to change behavior of looking up passwords

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Open Passwords or Keychain Access - How to change behavior of looking up passwords

Hi, on a new MacOS user account when you go to open Keychain Access to look up a password, the system gives you the option to Open Keychain Access or to Open Passwords - the newer, easier (imo) option in Sys Preferences.

I had selected KA, and 'Do not show again' but now wish for that lookup action to be the new Open Passwords in Sys Pref. How can I change this behavior once I've made a selection and told the prompt not to show again?

Posted on Jan 3, 2024 9:43 AM

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Jan 3, 2024 11:37 AM in response to leroydouglas

I apologize, I wasn't clear on my goal - I'm looking for a way to do the 4 finger pinch to display apps, type 'pass' and go directly to the Passwords in Sys Pref - this is a muscle memory I developed over years to summon KA for passwords.

This helped me by getting it out of my head, thanks for letting me articulate my goal better - it lead me to this shortcut: https://twitter.com/rmondello/status/1549796952182648832 from a Reddit post. I was able to add that shortcut to my dock and now I can summon as desired!

Thanks!

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Jan 3, 2024 11:26 AM in response to nfable

nfable wrote:

Hi, on a new MacOS user account when you go to open Keychain Access to look up a password, the system gives you the option to Open Keychain Access or to Open Passwords - the newer, easier (imo) option in Sys Preferences.

I had selected KA, and 'Do not show again' but now wish for that lookup action to be the new Open Passwords in Sys Pref. How can I change this behavior once I've made a selection and told the prompt not to show again?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/cbe10e1e-e4ad-4ff3-ac32-5e2ac70b988a

System Settings.

Just go to >System Settings>Passwords...(?)

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