Apple has now added Windows support for i, and cloud keychain. All you need to do is download the i. Cloud for Windows app version 12.5 or later to get started. You can find that in the Microsoft Store. Apple expert and novelist, Michael Grothaus has been covering tech on Know, your Mobile for the best part of 10 years.
Requirements for Using i. Cloud Keychain on Windows. You can’t just install Apple’s Chrome extension and get started right away. That’s not how it works. Before you can start using i. Cloud Keychain passwords on a Windows PC, you’ll first need to make sure that you have the following things ready: Apple ID with two-factor authentication enabled.
When you set up i. Cloud Passwords in i. Cloud for Windows version 12.5 or later, you can manage your web passwords in the i. Cloud Passwords app on your Windows computer. Find out which version of i. Cloud for Windows you have.
Why doesn’t iCloud Keychain work with third-party apps?
It doesn’t function with third-party applications unless the apps were designed with i. Cloud keychain support in mind, which is a lot easier said than done because the i. OS makes it hard to copy-paste passwords into apps. You might want a dedicated password manager like Cyclonis Password Manager.
What happens when I Turn Off iCloud Keychain on a device?
When you turn off i. Cloud Keychain for a device, you’re asked to keep or delete the passwords and credit card information that you saved. If you choose to keep the information, it isn’t deleted or updated when you make changes on other devices.
The Keychain new feature that works as a syncing password manager for Safari on i. OS and Macs. It doesn’t function with third-party applications unless the apps were designed with i. Cloud keychain support in mind, which is a lot easier said than done because the i. OS makes it hard to copy-paste passwords into apps.
While I was reading we ran into the query “What is Apple’s keychain?”.
That’s easy – it’s essentially just Apple’s password manager that syncs your saved passwords across your devices. The Keychain has long been an app included with Macs to save your website and app passwords. And when Apple introduced i. Cloud, the Keychain moved to the cloud so it could easily be synced between your devices.