how do I print a list of Safari passwords?

Perhaps an AppleScript might work. No promises. You will have to format the resulting text file to make good use of the tabs.

--Best to name this AppleScript "Safari Passwords.scpt", which *MUST* be run from:

--/Users/<userid>/Library/Scripts/Applications/Safari/Safari Passwords.scpt

--Open [Safari]>[Preferences…]>[Passwords] and authenticate to unlock Safari passwords.

--This AppleScript *MUST* see the Preferences window, and it *MUST* be unlocked.

--Click AppleScript icon in the menu bar, select this AppleScript and wait... a lot...

--I have thousands of web addresses so I added a "tell me to say" as a status, which

--tracks when this AppleScript is on every 20th row.

--You can delete the status "tell me to say" or change it to 50, or 100.

on run

set current_date to (get current date)

set path_to_desktop_folder to ((get path to desktop folder from user domain) as text)

set name_of_me to "Safari Passwords" --(get name of me)

set passwords_file_txt to (path_to_desktop_folder & name_of_me & ".txt")

set passwords_text to (name_of_me & " as of " & current_date & return)

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Safari"

if (exists window "Passwords") then

tell window "Passwords"

tell group 1 to tell group 1

tell scroll area 1 to tell table 1

set count_of_rows to (get count of rows)

repeat with int_row from 1 to count_of_rows

set (selected of row int_row) to true

tell row int_row

set this_address to (get value of text field 1)

set this_user_name to (get value of text field 2)

if (this_user_name is equal to "") then -- null value

set this_user_name to ("<user name>")

end if

set this_password to (get value of text field 3)

end tell

set passwords_text to (passwords_text & return & this_address & tab & this_user_name & tab & this_password)

if ((int_row mod 20) is equal to 0) then

tell me to say (int_row as text)

end if

end repeat

end tell

end tell

end tell

end if

end tell

tell application "Finder"

if (exists (file passwords_file_txt)) then

move file passwords_file_txt to trash

end if

end tell

try

close access (file passwords_file_txt)

end try

set file_open to (open for access (file passwords_file_txt) with write permission)

set eof file_open to 0

write passwords_text to file_open as text

close access file_open

tell application "Finder"

open (file passwords_file_txt)

end tell

end run

hogmike wrote:

OSX El Capitan version 10.11.5

Safari version 9.1.1

I want to print out a list of passwords in Safari so I may change out the weak ones for stronger suggested passwords.

Copy/paste them to a TextEdit/Word/Pages document and then print them off from there. Go to Safari Preferences --> Passwords. Click on one site, then press Command + A. This selects them all. At the bottom, click "Show passwords for selected websites." You may be asked for your administrator password. From there, you can open up a word processing program and type out each website/login name/password and print them off.

To change weak passwords you dont have to bother with printing them out. Just follow pinkstones instructions for displaying the passwords, go to those websites from there and change them. You will be asked if the new password should replace the old one (Yes), or be added in addition to the old one.

hogmike wrote:

Pinkstones, I was able to use the information that you provided to highlight all of the passwords.. Is there any way that I can use the copy feature to transmit all of the passwords to Pages at one time? I'm not well versed in MAC command/control functions. The Windows right click/copy doesn't work to copy all the passwords to Pages.

No. You have to manually type everything out if you want to print off a list of all the passwords. As Rysz pointed out however, if you want to change passwords that are too weak so that they're stronger, just open a new tab and go to each website and change the passwords that way, writing them down (or typing them out) as you go along.

Hi hogmike, One step that can make this a little easier is to use screen prints.

I highlight all, then click on show passwords.

Then I Shift-Command-4 and get a screen print of the 12 passwords showing.

I scroll down and have 30 pages of passwords so 30 screen prints.

I then put those into a document and print out.

It makes it easier to use paper and pencil to work out a strategy for passwords.

I have not tried using OCR on my document to turn the screen prints into text but that might be worth a try.

Mostly I use this printout as a way to keep something in my lock box if there is ever an emergency.

I hope that helps.