Log in to a Mac or iOSusing passwordless not really possible
Apple is advocating for a passwordless future with passkeys instead. But how does this rime with the constant need to use passwords to authenticate to a Mac every 48 hours or every logout / reboot of a Mac and after every reboot of an iOS / iPadOS device? isn't the whole idea of passwordless to get RID of passwords altogether? This ridiculous demand for using passwords almost every day on apple devices but NOT on services using passkeys and Apple Keychain is really confusing. Microsoft has been able to solve this by letting users REMOVE passwords altogether from their Microsoft accounts and very soon also corporate accounts not demanding password logins at all. Why is this so hard for Apple? Why not let us log in to a Mac with our fingerprints or authenticate using a second trusted device instead of having to type in the Mac account password all the time? Sonoma and iOS 18 are soon here but there is no mention of this feature being on the horizon, so it will be another 18 months at least before Apple can implement it. its maddening to be using passwords and single factor to log in to a Mac in 2024, when I have been happily using face recognition on my PC to log in without ever using a password for at least 8 years now! HELLO! It's not secure to be able to unlock a Mac with only a password! and having to use a password this often tend to result in poorer passwords being used as a result. I'm starting to doubt apples commitment to passwordless when they so blatantly skip their own platform like this. Not even FIDO2 keys are built in to macOS but require special configurations and an added app to work!