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Q: How to Import chrome passwords into safari ?

Hi!

 

I have been using Google Chrome in OSX for a while. When I started Safari for the first time several months ago I was asked to import all my Chrome data (Bookmarks, Passwords....). Now I would like to switch completely to Safari.

 

Is there a way to import all data incl. saved passwords again?

 

Marek

Safari, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), Import from Chrome

Posted on Feb 22, 2015 1:11 AM

by luuklp,Solvedanswer
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A:

The Chrome passwords are automatically saved in the OSX (iCloud) Keychain, this means that your chrome passwords will be synced with your iCloud Keychain.

Safari uses the same Keychain, so your passwords should be synced automatically.

Posted on Feb 22, 2015 4:53 AM

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  • by luuklp,

    luuklp luuklp Feb 22, 2015 1:13 AM in response to Gospo
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    Feb 22, 2015 1:13 AM in response to Gospo
    1. Open up chrome.
    2. Find the web browser's Export Bookmarks option, and then choose it. The Export Bookmarks option is normally in the File menu.
    3. Save the bookmarks as an HTML file; for example, "bookmarks.html."
    4. Open Safari and choose File > Import Bookmarks.
    5. Select the HTML file you created, and then click Import (on Windows computers click Open).

     

    //Special thanks to B Noir

  • by Gospo,

    Gospo Gospo Feb 22, 2015 1:15 AM in response to luuklp
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    Feb 22, 2015 1:15 AM in response to luuklp

    Thanks, but your solution imports bookmarks, but not passwords. This is not what I asked for.

     

    Marek

  • by luuklp,Helpful

    luuklp luuklp Feb 22, 2015 1:22 AM in response to Gospo
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    Feb 22, 2015 1:22 AM in response to Gospo

    Oh, I'm sorry for that, here's a good tutorial:

     

    All recent versions of Google Chrome/Chromium for OSX store the passwords in the system keychain, therefore you will need to deal with the OSX built-in credential storage mechanism and not with Chrome.

    You can export the passwords by running this in the terminal:

    sudo security dump-keychain -d login.keychain > keychain.txt

    And yes, you'll need to click Allow All as many times as you have domains in your login keychain, unless you use an autoclicker script. The link also points to a ruby script for converting to CSV.

    Alternatively you can use the use the native OSX app Keychain Access (type the name in Spotlight).

    //Special thanks to superuser.com

  • by Gospo,

    Gospo Gospo Feb 22, 2015 1:43 AM in response to luuklp
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    Feb 22, 2015 1:43 AM in response to luuklp

    Thanks again! Does this mean, that Safari can access automatically the passwords stored via Chrome in the keychain?

     

    Marek

  • by luuklp,Solvedanswer

    luuklp luuklp Feb 22, 2015 4:53 AM in response to Gospo
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    Feb 22, 2015 4:53 AM in response to Gospo

    The Chrome passwords are automatically saved in the OSX (iCloud) Keychain, this means that your chrome passwords will be synced with your iCloud Keychain.

    Safari uses the same Keychain, so your passwords should be synced automatically.

  • by mikeindc,

    mikeindc mikeindc Dec 28, 2015 9:04 AM in response to luuklp
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    Dec 28, 2015 9:04 AM in response to luuklp

    Not that I have wanted them to, but my passwords do not sync from Chrome to Safari or vice versa.  I can't find any of my Google saved passwords in the iCloud Keychain.

  • by mercnr,

    mercnr mercnr Mar 3, 2016 12:31 AM in response to mikeindc
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    Mar 3, 2016 12:31 AM in response to mikeindc

    Me neither. I think a long time ago chrome stopped saving the passwords in apples keychain... I'd love to hear another opinion on that, but I believe the two big players apple and google are just not playing together in this. I maybe have to move to a thirdparty password manager...

  • by dimitrov.adrian,

    dimitrov.adrian dimitrov.adrian Oct 7, 2016 3:55 AM in response to Gospo
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    Oct 7, 2016 3:55 AM in response to Gospo

    luuklp is right, but he miss something, this working only on passwords that are stored in chrome and OSX Keychan, it doesn't work for passwords stored in Google.

     

    Also AFAIK there is no working way to do this, so I have research a workaround that worked for me, it's not fully automatic but just work

     

    You could read my article here http://e01.scifi.bg/2016/10/how-to-transfer-passwords-from-googles-chrome-to-moz illa-firefox-andor-safari/