‘Passwords App’ not changing to new password?

This is much worse than people realize once your situation "triggers" the problem.

A few users who claim "this is not happening" to themselves is part of the problem.

You must stop using Apple's password invention if you have any complexity in your needs.

If you have something like 1Password or the other good ones, DO NOT introduce what is basically a virus into YOUR ecosystem of passwords. You could lose all passwords, access to banking -

•••Trigger? Simply changing a password and assuming Apple prepared for that. NO.

•••You will know it's not working but... you will become disconnected and a security risk to your banks because we always get THREE attempts, and this BUG/FAILURE leaves you with 1 chance if you assume you know your password. Watch your online life crash in an endless loop of authentication steps, failures you don't understand, and being blocked,=.

•••There is also a glaring arrogance shown by Apples "Nanny-state" attitudes. "Our customers are not to be trusted with information they will screw up every time so we must block and discourage access" SEE: THE LIBRARY? really I hate them every time that comes up. The "passwords app" has ZERO "show in app" (never worked), or "show in finder" its unforgiveable. USER MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET DIRECTLY TO THEIR PASSWORDS because they are dumb.

Workaround: completely DELETE the entire entry, not the password. WIPE IT OUT.

Then, start over fresh as if the new password was your first ebtry.

You lose everything.

Worst? You cannot fully shut down the look alike POPUP box from Apple so you will be trapped in starting to use it over ad over and over again. EVEN IF YOU TURNED IT OFF.

Google Passwords? Better, but if you use 1password, you are unknowingly using them BOTH, becaue GOOGLE won't let you escape from the program either. Try turning it off - and not falling into any of their simple traps.

yes - this is kinda of stupid - hopefully, they will update it (manana, or "after it rains on a Thursday"). In the meantime, get something that works (Bitwarden comes to mind) - free and across devices. Oh and updates your passwords automatically.

mjolmimur257 wrote:

I would like to know why this change was made because it’s NOT user friendly.

They probably made the change because the previous method was very confusing to many people. It's important to maintain the distinction between "I don't like this" and "This is objectively bad." Your preferences are just that, preferences. What I can tell you after spending a lot of time reading and answering questions here is that having the passwords in Settings and calling it in other places "Keychain" was confusing to people.

Personally, I haven't noticed any difference. Things still autopopulate.

It also makes me wonder if Apples “Security and Privacy” are nothing but a catch phrase when in fact it’s just another company stealing peoples private information. I really don’t trust any of these companies anymore.

This seems to be a non sequitur. How does changing the method of accessing passwords on your phone (same passwords, same phone, same Apple Account) mean that Apple is "stealing peoples private information?" From a security perspective, nothing has changed.

Hey! Thanks so much for this tip! I’ve been having a lot of issues with it not saving new passwords I create in the app as well as it not deleted the old ones . It’s caused me nothing but trouble! I’m glad it’s working for someone. I will try this tip out right now!

The new Passwords app does not work. when I change a password I must go there and edit it manually. You would think that it would update automatically. Not only is this a pain but it leaves more for a mistake when I have to keep typing in strange passwords that the computer has generated.

So if this is a known problem, I hope they are going to fix it. Mine is telling me my passwords have been compromised and I need to update them. But then when I update them the password app does not save them so I have been getting locked out of things like my banking app!

This would be ok but this app doesn’t log a new app or websites for you to then go in edit the password. Also even if the app or website is already logged it still doesn’t save the password when it says it does and even putting in the old password manually into the site doesn’t work, I’ve been locked out of at least two websites now. Apple you need to sort this, nobody trusts this new password app and this is now becoming a security issue.

I looked this issue up, assuming I was missing a step. I have to change passwords on over 200 sites because of a security issue, and each one has to be edited manually in the Passwords app? How **** is that?! The old keychain app updated automatically. We pay a lot of money for these machines. Fix please!!

Password app still not changing to newly changed passwords. Trying to individually cut and paste an autogenerated password definitely sucks. Apple are you listening? When are you going to fix this?!

Yes this is a solution BUT not the right one. The old way remembered your password in the keychain and now it doesn't and when you're using a "Strong Password" as they suggest and it doesn't save, well that's not good. This has now happened to me on multiple occasions and forces me to use the can't remember password to reset on the sight and that is downright inconvenient.

So, here I am, MARCH of 2025, with the SAME Problem, on a Mac, a MacBook Air, and 2 iPhones.

and there's been 2 OTA updates since Apple "Reimagined" the Passwords App.

How long does this have to go on before they fix it?

Apple?

Anyone?

Just when you think Apple is making a step forward they take two steps backward. Keychain worked really well at updating passwords then some bright programmer comes along and screws it all up. I would like to know why this change was made because it’s NOT user friendly. It also makes me wonder if Apples “Security and Privacy” are nothing but a catch phrase when in fact it’s just another company stealing peoples private information. I really don’t trust any of these companies anymore.