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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1851655" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>If I may - there is one advantage of a PW Manager over Safari's Keychain. It is this:</p><p></p><p>Should Keychain ever become corrupted - or - should you ever have to reset your Mac's Admin PW at which time a new Keychain is created and the old one lost for good; that's your entire PW list gone.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, almost all PW Managers store an encrypted version in the Cloud and this can be recovered either by using the password for it or via a Recovery Key which only you have.</p><p></p><p>Like <strong>Jake,</strong> I use both 1Password and Safari Keychain synced across all devices. I also agree that 1PW is slicker than Keychain on iOS devices, but both work okay.</p><p></p><p>Others including the OP have made mention of the additional facilities a PW manager offer in terms of Licence Numbers, Credit Card details and more or less any other personal information you care to add.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1851655, member: 83420"] If I may - there is one advantage of a PW Manager over Safari's Keychain. It is this: Should Keychain ever become corrupted - or - should you ever have to reset your Mac's Admin PW at which time a new Keychain is created and the old one lost for good; that's your entire PW list gone. On the other hand, almost all PW Managers store an encrypted version in the Cloud and this can be recovered either by using the password for it or via a Recovery Key which only you have. Like [B]Jake,[/B] I use both 1Password and Safari Keychain synced across all devices. I also agree that 1PW is slicker than Keychain on iOS devices, but both work okay. Others including the OP have made mention of the additional facilities a PW manager offer in terms of Licence Numbers, Credit Card details and more or less any other personal information you care to add. Ian [/QUOTE]
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