Password Manager — Manual Mac

Browser extensions

The browser extensions fill in your logins directly in the browser, can save new logins from forms and suggest a strong password when you sign up somewhere new. The Password Manager must be running for this (closing its window is enough, it keeps running), and the keychain must be open.

Safari

The Safari extension is installed with the Password Manager. To turn it on:

  1. Open Safari and choose "Safari" → "Settings" → "Extensions".
  2. Tick the Steganos Password Manager extension.
  3. Allow the extension to access the websites you want, when Safari asks.

Chrome, Edge and Firefox

  1. In the Password Manager, open the settings and click "Install browser extension…" under "Browser extension". (The Password Manager may also suggest this itself the first time you open a website from an entry.)
  2. Under "Browser extension", click "Install" next to your browser. The extension's page in the browser's add-on store opens; add the extension there.
  3. Connect the extension: in the extension, start the connection to the Password Manager. The Password Manager comes to the front and shows "Connect browser extension" with a six-digit code. Check that the extension shows the same code, then click "Allow".

Note: Only allow the connection if you started it yourself just now and the codes match. Otherwise click "Deny".

Using the extension

  • On a login page, the extension fills in the matching login automatically when the page loads. You can also choose a login from the extension's menu.
  • When you log in with a new or changed password, the extension offers to save it in the Password Manager.
  • On a sign-up page, the extension can start the account assistant: the Password Manager shows "New Account" with the website, a suggested user name and a strong generated password. Click "Create" to save the entry; the extension fills in the form.
  • The extension also lists your bookmarks and your pinned entries that have a web address.

While the keychain is closed or locked, the extension shows no logins and cannot save. It never opens a keychain itself.

Filling only on request

If you prefer to fill in only when you ask for it, clear "Browser autofill" in the settings under "Browser extension". For a single entry, edit it and clear "Fill automatically when the page loads" under "Browser autofill"; you can still choose the entry in the extension.

Managing connected browsers

The settings list your browsers under "Paired browsers", with the date they were paired and last used. "Remove" disconnects a browser; it has to be connected again (with a new code) before it can be used. "Remove all paired browsers" disconnects all of them. Safari is listed as "Installed with the app" and doesn't need to be connected.