‘Passwords App’ not changing to new password?

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.

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.

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?

That was not the point of this thread. The point is that the new way is not recording password changes in real time and/or not recording half the time regardless if you choose "Remember Password" or not. Your point of extra steps to go into the settings means nothing when the application is forcing you to go in and edit it manually half the time.

mjolmimur257 wrote:

That was not the point of this thread. The point is that the new way is not recording password changes in real time and/or not recording half the time regardless if you choose "Remember Password" or not. Your point of extra steps to go into the settings means nothing when the application is forcing you to go in and edit it manually half the time.

My Passwords apps records password changes in real time; as I update and app passwords frequently with my 350 or so sites I haven’t had any problems. But note that it only works seamlessly with apps and Safari. Other browsers have their own built in password managers that do not sync with Apple Passwords; if they did that would be a potential privacy violation.

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.

Curious to this about the Keychain and password app on iPhone iOS 18. Recent Update , I know Keychain is a Security Feature , and So is the Password App that allows us different types of security settings in Password App , & updating /changing passwords, using Codes etc. or Face ID , my Question is Now that we have been told our Data has been highly exposed from all various aspects of all our different types of accounts … no matter which ones , What really is our best security measure now with our iPhones especially for the older iPhones 12ProMax that don’t have the capabilities to upgrade to the AI & newer coming updates for Newer iPhones w/ AI capabilities & higher security features probably coming out or now built into them this coming Year 2026’ ? Is Facial Recognition still a safe option & the Code unlock feature , as well as still using the passwords for the websites. We visit & the 2nd verification feature ! Or should we begin Really Beefing up our iPhones with VPNS AND ie… MCAFEE ..AVAST ..? ALL OVER AGAIN LIKE WE USED TO DO OUR OLD PCS & LAPTOPS ? I thought those days were almost gone … because we have APPLE PRODUCTS . And we use the great security features on them ‼️

I’m just so confused lately and I have iCloud plus , all that too ..

how much more security do I need to keep adding ?

Bought a new iPad and in the process of setting it up I changed my apple password. Logged back in to my account on all my other devices. Thought things were fine but NONE of my devices show the new password in the Passwords app nor is it in my iCloud account.

so exactly what use is the Passwords app? Should I go back to my spreadsheet and makeup my own passwords?

ccmartin wrote:

Bought a new iPad and in the process of setting it up I changed my apple password. Logged back in to my account on all my other devices. Thought things were fine but NONE of my devices show the new password in the Passwords app nor is it in my iCloud account.

so exactly what use is the Passwords app? Should I go back to my spreadsheet and makeup my own passwords?

That’s certainly an option, but I have over 500 entries, including passkeys, and it fills in all of my passwords automatically for all of the websites and apps I access. If this is not an important feature to you please go back to a spreadsheet.

The reason a new Apple Account password isn't in Passwords is because it is needed to unlock passwords. Once you unlock it you can update the entry for it.

Just FYI, Apple is not reading these discussions. If you want to submit a feature request or feedback about a product, you can do that here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Trying to get Apple software developers to admit to any errors is impossible. They*know* they are right, and therefore fixing errors takes years.

Trying to get users to admit to any errors is impossible. They*know* they are right, and therefore will not troubleshoot any problems.

Ironically the password app is not included in the apps where you can submit feedback

Isn't working ventura 13.7.6... june 21, 2025 apparently not important to apple to fix.

how do i add the password manually?

Super frustrating to try to login to an updated password you can't get in any of your accounts