Too bad that for some reason CodePoet’s website has stopped working, so all download links you will find will get you nowhere. When you’re done, click the CANCEL-button to exit and close Keychain Manager.īut… since this very helpful function is rather hidden within OSX, someone called CodePoet has written a FREE launch script (back in 2006) that you can install and use just like a regular application. If you’ve found your ‘ideal’ password, select it and copy (press ‘CDM’+’C’) and paste it onto the desired location. Then it will tell you the quality (strenght) of your password in a colored status bar, and if your not satisfied with the suggested password, you can click on the ‘black triangle’-icon and you will be shown some alternative suggestions. In Password Assistant, you can choose from 5 types of passwords : Manual, Memorable, Letters & Numbers, Numbers Only, Random or FIPS-181 compliant. ![]() It’s called Password Assistant and you can access it by opening the Keychain Access app and clicking on the ‘+’-icon in the lower menu bar, then in the pulldown window that appears, click on the ‘black key’-icon that will open up the password generator window of Password Assistant. There is a random password generator already built into OSX that is free for you to use. My inspiration for new passwords has dried up. ![]() ![]() It seems like I have to come up with a new password for each new device and each new web service I’m using.
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