[Mr Mushroom]

Can anyone reccomend a good Password manager program/form completer for MAC?

I have just made the switch from PC and used to use a program called Big Crocodile on my PC and loved it - maybe someone knows of a version of that for MAC? or something similar?

As usual any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Mushroom

[Macanoid]

I've used quite a few but this is my favourite :: mind fortress. It's muchmore than just a password manager. mindfortress

Or have a look here - plenty options: password managers

[Diggory Laycock]

I use an application called Keychain Access.

It's pretty good - see /Applications/Keychain Access.app

[Chuckit]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
I use an application called Keychain Access.

It's pretty good - see /Applications/Keychain Access.app

My thoughts precisely.

[Synotic]

Just as a further explanation Keychain is a service built into OS X that allows you to save your passwords and lock them with a master password. Keycahin Access is a program used to manage your keychain. You'll find that programs you'll use it for tie into the keychain automatically, like Safari (web browsing), Mail, and Transmit (FTP file transfers). When you enter in a password, it will ask you whether to save to the keychain or not. Next time you access the site, access mail, etc... it will already have your info entered for you.

Also, the obligatory MAC vs Mac explanation. "Mac" is an abbreviation for "Macintosh" and is not an acronym unless your talking about media access control. Also it's "the" Mac or "a" Mac. Sorry to nitpick, but it'll help next time

[pliny]

Yeah, the keychain password manager coems with the OS and can store lots of passwords. It is very handy.

[Diggory Laycock]

Keychain does the form filling as well - see the "AutoFill" pane in Safari's preferences.

[unregistered]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
I use an application called Keychain Access.

It's pretty good - see /Applications/Keychain Access.app

Since he is new to the Mac, I thought we should be more precise, the KeyChain application is stored here:
/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app

[joelcpa]

PasswordMaster from RAILhead Design is another option.

[hldan]

Originally posted by Synotic:
Just as a further explanation Keychain is a service built into OS X that allows you to save your passwords and lock them with a master password. Keycahin Access is a program used to manage your keychain. You'll find that programs you'll use it for tie into the keychain automatically, like Safari (web browsing), Mail, and Transmit (FTP file transfers). When you enter in a password, it will ask you whether to save to the keychain or not. Next time you access the site, access mail, etc... it will already have your info entered for you.

Also, the obligatory MAC vs Mac explanation. "Mac" is an abbreviation for "Macintosh" and is not an acronym unless your talking about media access control. Also it's "the" Mac or "a" Mac. Sorry to nitpick, but it'll help next time

Glad you covered the "MAC" vs "Mac" thing. I was gonna do it but you beat me to it.

[Big Mac]

I use Alco Blom's Web Confidential, a frequently updated password manager which I have been using for quite some time. I also use the Keychain, obviously, but Keychain Access doesn't have many of the features I rely upon, most prominently decent search functionality. So instead of relying on the Keychain exclusively, I continue to use Web Confidential to store my passwords.

[Mr Mushroom]

Thanks for all the advice (and for the MAC correction - Won't happen again I promise !)

A few questions:

Is this Keychain thing similar to Autocomplete on Windows, where the information you enter on web forms etc is saved somewhere and entered for you when you visit the page next?

Can you also create passwords for other non-web related activites and view them all separately?

I used my program on PC to store all kinds of things like ATM PINS etc and each was encypted and you only had to remember the one password for the entire folder to access each one. Is that similar to the program you mention?

Thanks again for the help so far. Can't wait to get my new 'Mac' !

Mush

[wataru]

Originally posted by Mr Mushroom:
Thanks for all the advice (and for the MAC correction - Won't happen again I promise !)

A few questions:

Is this Keychain thing similar to Autocomplete on Windows, where the information you enter on web forms etc is saved somewhere and entered for you when you visit the page next?

Can you also create passwords for other non-web related activites and view them all separately?

I used my program on PC to store all kinds of things like ATM PINS etc and each was encypted and you only had to remember the one password for the entire folder to access each one. Is that similar to the program you mention?

Thanks again for the help so far. Can't wait to get my new 'Mac' !

Mush

Keychain is a system-wide password storage system; support for it is on an app-by-app basis. Safari and Camino store your internet passwords there, but other browsers, like Firefox, Mozilla, and IE(?) have their own, built-in password storage functions. "Autocomplete" generally refers to things other than passwords, such as addresses, phone numbers, or past search terms. All browsers I can think of store such things, but like with passwords and usernames, whether they're stored in the Keychain or not depends on the app.

The app Keychain Access can handle any number of individual Keychain files, each of which has its own password needed to unlock it (or you could make them all the same password; it's up to you). So yes, you provide a single password with which an app can access any number of stored passwords or usernames inside your Keychain file.