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    From captain.black@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 5 17:13:47 2023
    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to captain.black@gmail.com on Thu Jan 5 18:55:19 2023
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 18:35:16 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote:

    TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote:

    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina). >>> The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w >> across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    Well I don't know one way or the other as I don't use iCloud.

    --
    Tim

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to captain.black@gmail.com on Thu Jan 5 18:33:13 2023
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote:

    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w across all your devices?
    --
    Tim

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  • From captain.black@gmail.com@21:1/5 to TimS on Thu Jan 5 18:35:16 2023
    TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote:

    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into
    a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From Bruce Horrocks@21:1/5 to Mark on Thu Jan 5 23:57:08 2023
    On 05/01/2023 17:13, Mark wrote:
    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?


    Possibly because "Passwords & keychain" synching with iCloud is an
    option. You might have had it enabled on one and not on the other.

    --
    Bruce Horrocks
    Surrey, England

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  • From Chris Ridd@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Jan 6 07:55:43 2023
    On 05/01/2023 18:35, Mark wrote:
    TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote:

    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina). >>> The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w >> across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    Have you checked your icloud settings on HS to see if it includes passwords?

    Though you might possibly be hitting something that can't sync between
    two different OS versions, or just couldn't sync on HS.

    --
    Chris

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  • From captain.black@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Chris Ridd on Fri Jan 6 10:22:44 2023
    Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
    On 05/01/2023 18:35, Mark wrote:
    TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote: >>>
    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina). >>>> The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w
    across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into
    a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    Have you checked your icloud settings on HS to see if it includes passwords?

    Though you might possibly be hitting something that can't sync between
    two different OS versions, or just couldn't sync on HS.


    HS and Cat just have the option to turn on Keychain syncing. I don’t see/think there should be a ‘share password’ option. Safari on HS has been populated with my Bookmarks… Can’t find any info (yet) about possible issues with different OS versions.

    Found a few people with slightly different syncing issues. Solution always seems to be some version of ‘turn it (iCloud) off and on again’ on all devices.

    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From captain.black@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Bruce Horrocks on Fri Jan 6 10:18:51 2023
    Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:
    On 05/01/2023 17:13, Mark wrote:
    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?


    Possibly because "Passwords & keychain" synching with iCloud is an
    option. You might have had it enabled on one and not on the other.


    Keychain is, and it’s turned on. My Bookmarks have made it across, just not the passwords.

    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From carlososcar@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Jan 6 05:08:16 2023
    On Friday, 6 January 2023 at 15:22:46 UTC+5, Mark wrote:
    Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
    On 05/01/2023 18:35, Mark wrote:
    TimS <timst...@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captai...@gmail.com > wrote:

    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina).
    The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w
    across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into
    a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    Have you checked your icloud settings on HS to see if it includes passwords?

    Though you might possibly be hitting something that can't sync between
    two different OS versions, or just couldn't sync on HS.

    HS and Cat just have the option to turn on Keychain syncing. I don’t see/think there should be a ‘share password’ option. Safari on HS has been
    populated with my Bookmarks… Can’t find any info (yet) about possible issues with different OS versions.

    Found a few people with slightly different syncing issues. Solution always seems to be some version of ‘turn it (iCloud) off and on again’ on all devices.

    --
    Cheers ... Mark
    It is important to keep track of your passwords and store them in a secure location. Some options for storing passwords include using a password manager, writing them down in a secure notebook, or storing them in a secure digital document. It is also a
    good idea to use strong, unique passwords for each of your accounts to protect your online security.
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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to captain.black@gmail.com on Fri Jan 6 18:10:18 2023
    On 2023-01-06 10:22:44 +0000, Mark <captain.black@gmail.com > said:

    Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
    On 05/01/2023 18:35, Mark wrote:
    TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
    On 05 Jan 2023 at 17:13:47 GMT, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com > wrote: >>>>
    Just reset two 11” MBAs. Both signed in to iCloud - one on Catalina, one on
    High Sierra. Only one is auto-filling Safari passwords though (Catalina). >>>>> The other says I have no passwords saved in Safari. Why?

    The p/w are saved locally aren't they? Or is Safari supposed to sync its p/w
    across all your devices?

    Well, I thought they should be sync’d. The Catalina MBA happily logged into
    a number of sites after doing a fresh install then logging into iCloud.

    Have you checked your icloud settings on HS to see if it includes passwords? >>
    Though you might possibly be hitting something that can't sync between
    two different OS versions, or just couldn't sync on HS.


    HS and Cat just have the option to turn on Keychain syncing. I don’t see/think there should be a ‘share password’ option. Safari on HS has been
    populated with my Bookmarks… Can’t find any info (yet) about possible issues with different OS versions.

    Found a few people with slightly different syncing issues. Solution always seems to be some version of ‘turn it (iCloud) off and on again’ on all devices.

    A result (of sorts). I was offered a number of HS system updates - this
    is about 24 hours after doing a full restore. However, that didn’t seem
    to make any difference. Soon after that I started getting a number of
    alerts in System Preferences (on both MBAs and my MBP AND my iPhone)
    that some iCloud settings needed ‘updating’. I think I’ve entered my Apple ID & password AND my device password on all devices several times
    now, ticking various things that don’t seem exactly obvious. It looks
    like I have many (many!) duplicate entries in Keychain now and I’m not
    sure how to fix that (maybe it’ll fix itself?) But… at least I have Keychain passwords where I wanted them. Fingers crossed!
    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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