Password Manager — Manual Mac

AutoFill in Safari and other apps

With macOS AutoFill, the Password Manager fills in your user names and passwords in Safari and other apps.

Setting up AutoFill

  1. Open "System Settings" → "General" → "AutoFill & Passwords".
  2. Under "AutoFill from", turn on the Password Manager.
  3. The "AutoFill Configuration" window appears. Under "Select keychain", choose the keychain to use for AutoFill and click "Done". Then unlock the keychain once.

In the Password Manager's settings, "AutoFill" shows whether AutoFill is set up ("Enabled" / "Not enabled"); "Open AutoFill settings" takes you straight to the right page of System Settings.

AutoFill uses the default keychain. If you change one, the other changes too.

Tip: Turn on "Unlock with Touch ID" for this keychain. AutoFill then fills in with Touch ID, without typing the master password.

Filling in passwords

  1. Click a user name or password field on a website or in an app.
  2. macOS shows the matching logins below the field. Choose one, or open the Password Manager's list from the AutoFill menu to choose another entry.
  3. Unlock with Touch ID or enter your master password ("Unlock keychain").
  4. In the list ("Your keychain"), the entries matching the website are at the top. Use "Search passwords..." to find any other entry. Select an entry and confirm with the Return key to fill it in.

Saving a new login

When you sign up for something new, open the Password Manager's list from the AutoFill menu and click "New Password Entry…". A strong password is already suggested. Enter title, user name and URL and click "Save & Fill". The entry is saved in your keychain and filled in.

On the Mac, macOS does not offer to save logins automatically. Use "New Password Entry…", or the browser extension, which can save logins from forms.

Passkeys

AutoFill also signs you in with passkeys and saves new passkeys; see Passkeys.