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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Is Keychain or any other program safe for storing sensitive data on a desktop Mac?
Date: 10 Nov 2018 01:18:46 GMT
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On 2018-11-09, Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> What passcode management programs do you recommend?

Keychain is fine.

> I checked Keychain, but it seems like it would be hard to find the 
> company information I want to look for there.

Not at all. Open Keychain Access, and look at the "Secure Notes" item on
the left sidebar. Add notes there at will. Search them using the
top-right search field. Simple.

> I want to have a list of companies that I deal with, shown in 
> alphabetical order (such as Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Costco, etcetera), 
> with each company's information in one place under the company's name 
> heading in bold type, but instead  Keychain has one folder for 
> passcodes, and another folder for Secure Notes, so I'd have to have 
> each company's passcodes and notes into separate folders, and then 
> scroll through those two folders to see each company's passcodes and 
> notes.

Nope, you can put them all under Secure Notes. Passwords is where
*applications* on your devices/computers store their passwords. Secure
Notes is where *you* store your own things. And again, there's a search
bar at the top-right corner that lets you find whatever it is you want.

> Also, Keychain (in the login folder) shows a long list of odd names 
> such as "com.apple.cloudd.deviceidentifier.production".  It feels like 
> I'm in Terminal.

Do you find it hard to ignore things that don't interest you in other
situations, or just here?

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