A Reliable, Helpful Password App

I have used Lastpass for many years with Windows and for several years with Mac. It has served me well. I make heavy use of secure notes and I make sure that all my passwords are up to date. Then, when Key Chain messes up or loses a password, I can straighten it out from my Lastpass files. Have you ever accepted a suggested password from Safari only to have the website reject it? You say yes to the password and it disappears. You just have to hope it was saved AND accepted because you have no idea what it was. Safari does not let you copy or save the password you accept so you can paste it in for a trial use. So, if the password is gone, you may be a goner.

With Lastpass I can find the password it offered even if it was lost in Safari. It is saved as a “generated password.” I can even roll back to a mistakenly deleted password. I can change the suggested password to meet the unique requirements of a website. With Lastpass I can add notes about the website, like what my security questions are. With Lastpass, I am in control. I can even tell Lastpass never to auto-fill at a website and still instruct it to fill when I need it. I can invent my own name for a website so I can easily separate two accounts at the same site. I can save an encrypted copy of all my passwords or even print one out for my safe deposit box.

I love Safari password when it works for the website I am using. But, I can’t do with it what I can do with Lastpass. I love Lastpass because it lets me work around the sites that require a user name and then take me to another page for the password. With dozens and dozens of passwords, I love having both tools keeping my precious access keys safe for me. These two apps play well together and I use them both. But, they play well together because I instruct Lastpass to do what I want. With Safari, it is one size fits all, even if it doesn’t fit.

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