Posted on 09/22/2014 by Julian 

http://www.julianevansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Keychain_Access_icon.jpgiCloud Keychain is a cloud service for OS X Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3 upwards. The iCloud Keychain stores your usernames, passwords and credit card information when using the Safari browser.

This will also allow you to sync across Safari with your third-party apps that support the iCloud Keychain. The Keychain also stores your Wi-Fi networks and can be used as a password generator. The information is securely stored using 256-bit AES encryption.

If you are like me and have several Apple device i.e. Mac, iPhone, iPad and/or iPod, you will most likely want to use iCloud Keychain as this means you don’t have to manually reenter your login credentials for each of your devices. You are protected from bad actors, in the event someone manages to guess your password. Refer to my previous post How to enable iCloud and iTunes two-step verification to learn more about how you can protect your Apple ID.

 

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