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Why doesn't keychain appear work with Apple Communities?

Keychain is great.... whenever I log in to an online forum or similar, my name and password are plugged in straight away, and all I have to do is hit enter.


Except here, on Apple Communities.


I ask to be remembered, but am forgotten the minute I clear history. When I come back, keychain doesn't attempt to fill in email or password.


Have I missed a setting somewhere maybe?


Cheers

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Posted on Nov 12, 2017 6:30 AM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2017 3:03 PM

I believe this site requests that passwords not be saved, and Safari respects that. I can't remember how to override that "feature," but I have done it. Maybe just add the site to the Password list manually.

For me, my username fills, but I have to select the password from the popup menu when clicking on the password control at the end of the password field.

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Dec 17, 2017 3:03 PM in response to Duchy777

I believe this site requests that passwords not be saved, and Safari respects that. I can't remember how to override that "feature," but I have done it. Maybe just add the site to the Password list manually.

For me, my username fills, but I have to select the password from the popup menu when clicking on the password control at the end of the password field.

Dec 17, 2017 1:21 PM in response to dialabrain

I've gotten used to doing it manually because one of my CC companies (Chase) would make it almost impossible to establish your identity if you (inadvertently or otherwise) got rid of their cookie(s). And that happened frequently if/when I had to reinstall/clone back; for some reason, the cookies became invalid. They made me go to one of their branch offices with my laptop once (which didn't help with my 27" iMac) to verify in person - all the while their password requirements were draconian (12345 would be good enough). I finally got tired of it and dropped their card after sending a pointed letter to their CEO.


FWIW, I never use Chrome or Gmail (don't like Google).

Dec 17, 2017 3:00 PM in response to babowa

Thanks both!


If I clear history, which I do a lot, then name / password won't be in the site's login (any site). As soon as I start to type it in, it will auto-fill from Keychain, not cookies. Except at this site. Needs to be typed out, in full, every time.


If I don't clear history, I mostly get logged straight in to other websites where name / Pwd is held in a cookie.... except here, where my name is pre-filled but I still have to type out password in full.


No biggie, just wondering what I may have missed! Maybe just extra security at Apple.

Why doesn't keychain appear work with Apple Communities?

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