Addding Secure Notes to Keychain Access

Adding Secured notes in Keychain - No

Secure notes in Notes Application - Yes

From a User Tip from @MrHoffman

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Stefano Lesandrini wrote:

It's interesting that Apple now "suggests me to migrate the Secure Notes to Notes.app"

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How to migrate your existing secure notes?

This transition means that you will be opening your existing secure notes using Keychain Access, and copying the text contents (⌘A⌘C) and pasting into newly-created Notes app notes (⌘V).

It is actually not as simple as Apple suggests, so I will remind you of the necessary steps:

1. copy the title of a Keychain Secure Note

2. create a new note in Note.app

3. paste the Title

4. copy the text of the secure note

5. paste the text

6. add the padlock to the note

7. close the padlock on the note

8. repeat steps 1. to 8. for the 214 secure notes I have in Keychain Access

Why didn't the Sequoia installer do this during the upgrade from Sonoma like it did with passwords?

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Stephen Greenfield1 wrote:

As an Apple Developer, I'll add that I have HUNDREDS of Secure Notes. It's shocking that Apple provides no automated method to transition Secure Notes from the Keychain to the Notes app.

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As was mentioned earlier and incase it was overlooked

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There is absolutely nothing I or any other user can do about this matter

Start now and open an Apple Support Ticket as they are PAID  Apple Employees to deal will these types of issues . 

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I was confused by this 'upgrade change' but I'm now quite happy that the old keychain secure notes are not accessible via icloud. From a security pov I'd rather my most important information was not shared via icloud.

The confusion is in the title: a Note that is made secure but kept on icloud; a secure note kept in the old keychain app. These are two different things but are being confused.

It would help if Apple would make the change more explicit - Passkeys are fine but can still be accessed ( along with all your icloud data ) via a stolen phone & password.

Refer to User Guide to Passwords application introduced in Sequoia

Passwords User Guide

alistairM4user wrote:

I was confused by this 'upgrade change' but I'm now quite happy that the old keychain secure notes are not accessible via icloud. From a security pov I'd rather my most important information was not shared via icloud.

The confusion is in the title: a Note that is made secure but kept on icloud; a secure note kept in the old keychain app. These are two different things but are being confused.

It would help if Apple would make the change more explicit - Passkeys are fine but can still be accessed ( along with all your icloud data ) via a stolen phone & password.

Add or remove accounts in Notes on Mac

If you keep notes in internet accounts—for example, iCloud, Google, Yahoo, or AOL—you can add those accounts to Notes on your Mac. If you have a Managed Apple Account from your school or business, you may also be able to use it to store your notes.

➡️ If you don’t keep notes in an internet account, you can still store notes only on your Mac. ⬅️

As an Apple Developer, I'll add that I have HUNDREDS of Secure Notes. It's shocking that Apple provides no automated method to transition Secure Notes from the Keychain to the Notes app.