01-10-2014, 12:15 PM | #1 |
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Saving passwords in Safari?
So, I treated myself to a new iPad Air the other day, and yesterday I locked myself out of it. But, we won't go there: too embarrassing.
But using Safari, I've been unable to find out how to get it to retain User Names and Passwords when you bookmark a site--Mobileread, for example. I went up the chain of command of Apple Support yesterday. All friendly people, but so far nobody has been able to tell me how to do it, including the supervisor. One person suggested that since this wasn't a computer, that it didn't support that function. So, I figured if Harry T can ask about Siri, maybe it's not too out of the way to ask about this problem. I'd appreciate any ideas on the subject. Jim |
01-10-2014, 12:36 PM | #2 |
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Settings --> Safari --> Names and Passwords (set this option to ON.)
To check for which websites you have saved passwords, select Settings --> Safari --> Saved Passwords. |
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01-10-2014, 01:07 PM | #4 | |
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ETA: I'm using the fullsize website url of www.mobilread.com. I'm not sure what it does if you use the mobile url. Last edited by jswinden; 01-10-2014 at 01:12 PM. |
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01-10-2014, 01:18 PM | #5 |
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I just thought of something. Do you have Settings --> Safari --> Advanced --> Javascript option set to ON? Without Javascript active the username and PW script for the website won't run.
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Well, I appreciate your thoughts, Jack. The Apple supervisor is supposed to get back to me today after talking with his engineers, and he may have some thoughts. It's a little academic, but I was trying to solve the mystery. I figured it was something simple, but maybe not. Somewhere in the process of dealing with the embarrassment mentioned above, which involved downloading a complete new set of data from the cloud (41 minutes!), my iPad version of Chrome synced with my PC version and imported all my bookmarks. Which, by the way, are retaining the necessary information. Something to do with cookies would be my guess, but haven't a clue what. Jim |
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01-10-2014, 02:20 PM | #9 |
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Jim, I'm sorry I was of no help. I would like to know what the solution is when you discover it. Good luck!
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I've just had an email from the supervisor, which reads, in part:
..."i do believe this is a non response issue with the SW of the device not relaying to the keychain actually being active..." Does that mean anything to you? And do you have keychain settings, whatever they may be, activated? Jim |
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01-10-2014, 02:38 PM | #13 |
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Okay, I learn something new every day....I found this keychain support link that might help.
It is a setting on your Mac running Mavericks: System Preferences --> iCloud --> Keychain option. Mine is not checked because I do NOT use the keychain, which I think is a PW memory feature. I set the username and PW for Safari bookmarked pages directly in Safari, so that would explain why I'm not having the issue, assuming it is an iCloud syncing issue. |
01-10-2014, 02:45 PM | #14 |
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I use the Firefox browser on my Mac Mini and my HP laptop, and use the Firefox bookmarks sync to keep them synced. But Firefox refuses to create a iOS version of their browser, so I use Safari on my iOS devices. I imported my Firefox bookmarks into Safari one time, but I don't sync them to Safari as I cannot find a way to do that. If you are syncing Chrome bookmarks to Safari, then I can see where there might be a snafu occurring somewhere, perhaps with the Keychain option if you use it.
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Mine is checked only because that's what the supervisor had me do. But I had the same problem, before it was checked and after.
I think what I'll probably end up doing is making an appointment at the Apple store where I bought it and have them brainstorm it and if they can't solve it, ask for a new one. Sound reasonable? Not sure how permissive Apple is in these situations. Jim |
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