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Running OS 10.9.5 & Safari Version 7.1.7 (9537.85.16.12)
Trying to view my passwords in Safari preferences. I choose the website that I want to view, but when I click on the "show passwords for selected websites" button it will not stay lit. I'm sure I was able to do this a few weeks ago, but I've updated Safari since then and it must have changed something.
Thanks for any info.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
when I click on the "show passwords for selected websites" button it will not stay lit
Does this happen even if you don't leave that window?
Give this a try: boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down), select Disk Utility and repair both the disk permissions and the disk. Reboot normally and try again.
Might be corrupted Safari preferences.
Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.
Thanks for the replies. I repaired the permissions and it's working now. Did not have to boot in recovery mode. I figured to first try it without doing that and I guess I got lucky!
Maybe someone can help with another password issue?
I had a disk crash a few months ago and had to wipe the disk and reinstall everything from Time Capsule. Everything is working fine, except now when I restart I have to put in my admin password before I can access anything. How can I bypass that? I can't seem to find a way to stop it from asking me for the password when I restart.
Thanks again for any info.
Go to the System/Users & Groups preference pane, click on Login Optionsand turn Automatic login to your user account:
Perfect! Thanks OT. You rock. 🙂
Safari: Show password for selected websites button will not stay lit
