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 Passwords have their place, but knowing how to set up a passkey on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac will make accessing online services more secure. While iOS and macOS will suggest complex one-time passwords for you when you sign up for websites and apps or seek to make changes, Keys takes security to another level.

When a key is generated, two keys are actually created. One ends up being stored on your device, and the other is stored on the website or app. The one on your device—iPhone, iPad, or Mac—doesn’t leave that device. But when you subsequently log in, the two keys are paired. Once there is a match, you are allowed in.

This enhances security in several ways. First, you have the security layer of TouchID and FaceID. Second, hackers can never access the keys stored on your device. Third, the key is encrypted. Fourth, each key is unique to a particular account. No one can come up with one master key and apply it to another. So let’s take a look at how to set a passcode on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

How to set up passkeys on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Setting up a key requires two steps. First you need an activation key, then you need to generate a key. Doing this on an iPhone/iPad and a Mac is different, but we’ll cover everything here. The first step is to activate the key.

ACTIVATE PASSWORD ON IPHONE OR IPAD

1. Launch the Settings app and select Passwords.

2. Select the Password option.

3. Turn on AutoFill Passwords, then tap iCloud Passwords & Keychain (a blue tick will appear). This will allow iOS to fill in the password field.

Activation key on MAC

1. Click the Apple logo in the upper left corner and select System Settings.

2. Click your name at the top of the sidebar and select iCloud.

3. Open Passwords and Keychain.

CREATE NEW KEYS ON IPHONE AND IPAD

To create a key, you need to use a support website or application. More and more people will use this feature, but you won’t really know until you look at an account with a service or hope to sign up for one.

1. Visit the support website or app and create an account. We use kayak.co.uk here, so here’s how the process starts: visit the site, choose to log in by email, enter your email address, and click continue.

2. Similarly, for Kayak, you need to click Create Your Account.

3. When prompted to save the key for your email address, just click Continue. The key will be created and you will be logged in.

Create a new key on the MAC

As with iPhone and iPad, you’ll need to use a supporting website or app.

1. Visit the support website or app and create an account. On iPhone and iPad we use kayak.co.uk so go to that site and choose to log in by email.

2. Now enter your email address and click continue.

3. Here you need to click on Create Your Account.

4. When prompted, enter your device passcode or hold your viewfinder over the TouchID sensor and generate a passcode.

Change password to key

What if you already have an account with a website or application and want to use a key instead of a password?

Just go into the account area of ​​the service and you’ll see an option called “Set Password.” Click Set Password and you will be prompted to save the password, as in the case above.

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