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When I go to change my password on a site, iCloud KeyChain suggests a strong password for example:
A123-bC4-d56
However, these suggested passwords sometimes don't save sucessfully to the iCloud KeyChain, and then once the password is changed you cannot get back into your accounts since the password is not stored successully and it is too complex to memorize.
Anyone else run into this?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), ATI Radeon HD 2400
I've also noticed that if you "change" your password on a site that you already have setup for use with KeyChain, and iCloud KeyChain suggests a strong password, the new password doesn't overwrite and doesn't create a new record for that site either.
So unless your write that password down, delete the iCloud KeyChain record, then log back into the site with your new password and have Safari remember the new password, you will have to use the Forgot Password link on the site you are using to generate a new password.
I've also noticed that if you "change" your password on a site that you already have setup for use with KeyChain, and iCloud KeyChain suggests a strong password, the new password doesn't overwrite and doesn't create a new record for that site either.
So unless your write that password down, delete the iCloud KeyChain record, then log back into the site with your new password and have Safari remember the new password, you will have to use the Forgot Password link on the site you are using to generate a new password.
I have written a feedback on Safari to Apple.
I would suggest other people do the same:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html
If enough people get together, Apple has to listen.
It has been going on for 3 years now. Something has to be done.
I had the same issue on the Plex web site( and others ). It seems to be with User Control Panels(CP's) in forums where you log in, and they'll have a "new password" field and a "current password" field right next to each other. You can get Safari to suggest a new password and then type/paste your current password in the current field.
After you change your password, there will be no record of what the generated password was, so you'll need to go through the reset process, and next time remember to save the suggested password!
I think that Keychain should keep a record of suggested passwords and what site it was associated with . The user could decide how long to keep them, say , 1 week or even a few days. This "suggested password log" would be a save a lot of people a lot of unecessary password resets due to the lack of a suggested password log!
Same problem here. Seems to be a common problem. I find it very annoying in this day and age
at the premium we pay for Apple products that something so basic is an issue for so many users. Apple!
Please fix this.
I'm having the same issue. What is the point in suggesting a password that it doesn't save????? Hope this is fixed soon.
I'm having the same issue
Same here. Very frustrating
This post is primarily SO APPLE CAN READ IT!
Dear Apple,
Maybe a solution to address some of the Keychain problems would be to add the ability to generate a Suggested Keychain Password on demand by the user (so it could be Copy'd ) before visiting a website to change a password. Many websites don't offer the option to enter a Suggested Keychain Password. So if you could Paste a Suggested Keychain Password in that would solve the problem until webmasters around the world got their act together.
Have the people still responding o this just not updated their phones or pcs for a while. this hant bern an issue forquite some time.
I just go straight into Keychain access if I ever need to access to the password. Command+Space, type in Keychain Access, open up KeyChain access, in the search type the name of the site or any variation of it, once located, double click it, click Show Password, enter your computer password and there's the password. Copy and paste as needed.
My point is: Many websites are still not fully supporting Safari and its Keychain feature. So when you visit their "change password" page; there doesn't appear to be a way to generate a new Suggested Keychain Password. example ( SFz-Gt5-ff3-y8d)
Well, it's 2015 and Safari still isn't saving the suggested password to my iCloud keychain. Aren't any of Steve's kids ready to come in and right this ship?
Still not solved the problem, very annoying. I haven't used the Safari suggested password for ages, but I tried it today, again, and the same problem remains, it's not saved to the keychain!
Latest updates installed, OS X and Safari
SAme with me
Same here
iCloud keychain suggested password not saving
