Password Manager — Manual Mac

Getting started

When you start the Password Manager for the first time, the "Get started" screen appears. What you do next depends on whether you are new to Steganos Password Manager or already use it on another device.

New to Steganos Password Manager

  • Click "Create New Keychain" to create your first keychain (see Creating a keychain).
  • Or click "Import passwords…" to take over your passwords from another password manager. Choose the program you are coming from, e.g. "Apple Passwords (CSV)…" or "1Password (CSV)…", and select the exported CSV file. The Password Manager then creates a new keychain (the file name is suggested as its name) and imports the passwords into it. See Importing passwords and keychains.

You can use the Password Manager free of charge with one keychain and up to 100 entries. Premium adds unlimited keychains and entries, cloud sync and file attachments.

Already a Steganos customer

If you already use Steganos Password Manager on Windows, iPhone, iPad or Android, you can use the same keychain on your Mac via cloud sync, which is part of Premium:

  • If you have a Premium licence in your mySteganos account (for example through Steganos Password Manager or Steganos Privacy Suite), click "Sign in with mySteganos" under "Already a Steganos customer?".
  • If you have already bought Premium in the App Store with your Apple Account, click "Restore App Store purchase".
  • Otherwise you can buy Premium directly in the app; see Free version and Premium.

As soon as Premium is active, the "Get started" screen also shows "or connect cloud storage" with the providers Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and MagentaCLOUD. Choose the one your keychain is stored with and sign in (see Cloud sync).

Without the cloud, you can also move a keychain from your PC to the Mac as a file; see Adding a keychain from another computer.

Window layout

After opening a keychain, the main window shows the entry list on the left and the selected entry on the right. You can drag the divider between them; the Password Manager remembers its position and the window size.

Almost everything is also available via the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts; see Menu bar and keyboard shortcuts.

News

If there is news about the Password Manager, a bell icon appears at the bottom of the keychain list and in the title bar. Click it to open "News".