Add Notes to saved Usernames and Passwords

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In this video, we’re going to look at how we can add notes for saved usernames and passwords on the Mac, iPad and iPhone. This was introduced with Mac OS, Monterey 12.3, and iPad and iOS 15.4. So you do need to be running at least Mac OS, Monterrey 12.3, or iOS 15.4. Let’s first look at this on the Mac. Let’s go to my Mac. In order to save a note with your usernames and passwords, what you need to do is go and view all of your usernames and passwords. Where do we do this? What we can do this through the System Preferences.

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So I’m going to go up to my Apple menu here. And then we go over to our System Preferences. Under System Preferences, we have passwords. I click on this, and now I enter in my password. And if I want to add a note, I just select which username and password I want to add a note to. So I have a demo, username and password here, it’s called demo site. I want to add a note for this, all I do is just select this, and then we go over to edit. And then I type in a note. So this is for demonstration only. So I’m going to type that in here. For demo and duration. Only. I click on Save. And now we have our note there.

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Now let’s take a look at how we do this on the iPad and iPhone, we’re first going to look at this on the iPad. In order to add a note, we go over to our settings app. And then what we do is we swipe up until we find passwords. And then you’re going to see all of your passwords. So I’m going to type in here, demo site to narrow it down. I do have quite a few passwords in here. And now what I do is I click on demo site. And being that I typed in that note on my Mac. And all of my devices are syncing my passwords, you’re going to see it already has that note. If I wanted to edit this note or change it or delete it, all I have to do is just go and click on Edit in the upper right hand corner. And now I can go and edit it. What about the iPhone, we go over to my settings app, I swipe up until I find passwords. I’m going to search for tap on search.

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It’s called demo site. I tap on it. And again being that I am syncing them, you’re going to see it does have my note there. But if I wanted to add to it, delete it or change it, all I do is just go up to edit in the upper right hand corner. And now I can go and change that. Again, this was added with Mac OS, Monterey 12.3, as well as iPad, os 15.4 and iOS 15.4. So if you’re running an older version of Mac OS, or an older version of iPad or iOS, you will not be able to add notes to your passwords. So that’s how we can add notes to our usernames and passwords on the Mac, iPad and iPhone. Basically, we just have a new field when we go and edit our usernames and passwords. On the Mac. We do this through the System Preferences. And then we go to the preference pane on the iPad and iPhone we go to our settings app and then we go to passwords. So that’s how we add notes to our usernames and passwords on the Mac, iPad and iPhone