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Troubleshooting keychains

Solving repeated requests for passwords, telling the genuine from the bogus, how passwords can become mismatched, and more.

October 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Keychain basics

What are keychains? What do they store? Which are essential on Macs, and why do you get prompted to enter your password for access to them? How secure are they in iCloud?

October 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to back up and archive iCloud data

Backing up databases stored in iCloud isn’t easy, particularly if you want to be able to restore them. Making archive copies of important contents is more straightforward, though.

March 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to deal with a site with a broken certificate

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What to do when your browser complains that a website you want to visit has a problem with its certificate security.

October 30, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Passwords and patchwork quilts

When Apple is like a community making a patchwork quilt: hope that everyone knows they’re crocheting 4-inch squares, and no one takes a sudden fancy to circles or triangles.

October 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Security certificates

Why do we keep having problems with security certificates when they’re just supposed to work? A look at what they do, and they work.

October 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

iCloud Secure Backup comes to macOS

An important feature for many iOS users, this has now appeared in macOS, despite not apparently being exposed to the user. Here’s what I know.

March 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

Mints now provides two more tools

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One new tool to list capacities on mounted volumes, the other to deliver detailed information on keychains.

September 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tackling keychain problems with KeychainCheck 2, now a Universal App

Universal App version of a utility to scrutinise your keychains and help diagnose their problems.

September 7, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to back up your iCloud Keychain

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Keychains contain some of our most important and precious data, and are often shared with iOS devices using iCloud. How can you back them up then?

September 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

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