migrate passwords in Keychain access from an old to a new MacBook Air

Hello. My old MacBook Air, bought 2013, runs Big Sur. The new MacBook Air, bought 2024, runs Sequoia 15.6

Question: How to migrate passwords saved in Keychain access on the old MacBook to the new MacBook? 


Thanks in advance.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Aug 18, 2025 03:26 AM

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Aug 18, 2025 04:46 AM in response to Terme51

Setup Keychain in iCloud on the " old MacBook Air, bought 2013, runs Big Sur " and on the newer computer


Set up iCloud Keychain


Turn on iCloud Keychain on your Mac


They should sync across to the the new Password application in Sequoia


This has worked just find since using Keychain in iCloud since about the time of macOS 10.13 High Sierra right through every newer version of macOS I use on 3 different computers ( currently with Sequoia 15.6 )





migrate passwords in Keychain access from an old to a new MacBook Air

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