Apple has harbinger the launch of a new consecrate Passwords app as part of its macOS Sequoia reveal .
The WWDC keynote took place last night , but in amongst the flurry of AI - tingediOS 18andmacOS Sequoiaannouncements , it was soft to overlook the Modern Passwords app .
As predicted last week , Apple has announced the launch of its own password direction app going by the no - gimcrackery name of Passwords . Just like third party countersign apps such as 1Password and LastPass , Apple ’s word makes it easy to get at passwords and organise credentials by corralling them into one position .
build on top of Apple ’s exist Keychain technology , Passwords provide one - stop - shop class access to all your passwords , passkeys , Wi - Fi watchword , and other certification . Naturally , it ’s all synchronize up through iCloud , and thus protect by end - to - end encoding .
It ’ll also highlight when your passwords are view as too weak or , as the Passwords section of the options card does decently now , when your watchword has potentially been compromise through a third party data breach .
Crucially , this Passwords app is not an Apple - only affair . As well as work across all of a user ’s Apple gimmick ( macOS Sequoia , iOS 18 , iPadOS18 , and Vision Pro ) , it ’ll also bring on Windows via the iCloud for Windows app .
Besides the new Passwords app , macOS Sequoia will introduce iPhone Mirroring to give you full access to your iPhone through your Mac .
The newspaper headline feature film is that all Macs running on Apple ’s own Saratoga chip ( so M1 and later ) will received its Apple Intelligence enhancements . This will be able-bodied to sweep up your Christian Bible in Mail , Notes , Pages , and third - party apps , form artworks from written prompts , pull out photos and acquire stories based on simple asking , and more .
Siri will also get a lot more useful , with the ability to call at once upon OpenAI ’s ChatGPT .
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