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StarSong said:
Yes, assuming that Google isn't set up to remember your passwords. If it is, you'd only need to sign into Google and all your PW would automatically fill in again.

Considering how long ago o/h left, and how many reboots you've had to do, I'd guess that Google is set up to remember your logins and passwords.
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I don't think it is tbh.. I'll have a little research and see what's what.. thanks Star..
 

My experience with Clearing cookies on browsers has mostly been negative so to be on the safe side , before clearing go to passwords on browser ask to show passwords take a screenshot and I usually print it right away.
I keep it somewhere ???
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Mizmo said:
My experience with Clearing cookies on browsers has mostly been negative so to be on the safe side , before clearing go to passwords on browser ask to show passwords take a screenshot and I usually print it right away.
I keep it somewhere ???
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Interesting... I've set my chrome browser to clear all history & cookies when I close it. I also clear Firefox at least once a month and don't use it for banking related activities). All security-sensitive PWs (banking, shopping sites with CCs enrolled, etc.) are set through a password manager that require me to enter a 25+ PW for signing in, then require secondary verification before it opens. If I don't manually close the manager, it signs out after an hour.

It takes just a few seconds for me to sign into sites. Brings me peace of mind. As you have probably surmised, I'm very security conscious.
 

StarSong said:
Interesting... I've set my chrome browser to clear all history & cookies when I close it. I also clear Firefox at least once a month and don't use it for banking related activities). All security-sensitive PWs (banking, shopping sites with CCs enrolled, etc.) are set through a password manager that require me to enter a 25+ PW for signing in, then require secondary verification before it opens. If I don't manually close the manager, it signs out after an hour.

It takes just a few seconds for me to sign into sites. Brings me peace of mind. As you have probably surmised, I'm very security conscious.
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I don't use a password manager. Like you, I use a separate browser which is Safari for access to my Bank and
Government. For all other browsing I use Vivaldi which has everything built in . No extensions necessary. Apart from doing the screenshot thing in this browser I can also ask it to export to my Documents but I always have a printed copy in the event that the computer goes down or Internet which actually happened to me yesterday for a short while.

I also delete the Cache files in my operating system every two months or so as I really don't trust the browsers to clean out all traces of their adventures around our systems. That really wipes everything out.
 
hollydolly said:
I don't think it is tbh.. I'll have a little research and see what's what.. thanks Star..
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It is possible that all of your passwords are saved in your Apple Keychain, @hollydolly, on your Mac , phone and tablet. Even if your ex set them up and you do not know what they were, if you have been using the password on your Apple devices, it should be saved in the keychain.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
It is possible that all of your passwords are saved in your Apple Keychain, @hollydolly, on your Mac , phone and tablet. Even if your ex set them up and you do not know what they were, if you have been using the password on your Apple devices, it should be saved in the keychain.
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That's really interesting info Yvonne, I shoulda known you might know the more technical aspects.. shouldn't I ?🤗.. however, I've just gone into keychain access.. and there are no passwords stored there.. and when I click ''login'' against any of the websites listed there.. , it will open and ask me for the password to allow keychain to access it.. :(
 
hollydolly said:
That's really interesting info Yvonne, I shoulda known you might know the more technical aspects.. shouldn't I ?🤗.. however, I've just gone into keychain access.. and there are no passwords stored there.. and when I click ''login'' against any of the websites listed there.. , it will open and ask me for the password to allow keychain to access it.. :(
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You probably need to allow it in your user preferences. I don't use Safari very much but passwords are stored and work well on websites.
I think you have Monterey too...this is mine
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hollydolly said:
No I have ventura now.. had to upgrade to Ventura a few days ago from Monterey . My husband was a pedant about not storing passwords on the computer and I can't get find any
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I imagine Ventura will still have the autofill preference so check that box off then go to a website wjere you need password fill it in manually then check your keychain to see if it saved or close out the website and reopen to see if it fills. Though,.... just thinking you may need to restart safari.

By the way how do you like Ventura.. I think I will just stick with Monterey. Every new OS they introduce gets trickier and trickier...
I may do the Linux Ubuntu install which is very simple straight forward good for browsing and regular use like on line email etc.
I had it as my side kick when I had Windows but must say I used it more than I did Windows.
 

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