Nobody does things exactly the same way as anyone else – hence complexity and kludged-up processes. If you want to blame someone, blame all of us who want maximum flexibility to do whatever we want, which spurs competition which means many companies making lots of different things. That’s the nature of the current state of our technology. Very few other apps do anything smart about password management. In iOS, “extensions” are handled differently than on a computer, they work in the Sharing part of the operating system – when that feature is enabled in a particular app (as it is in Safari and Chrome). Lastpass does work very similarly on iOS to on a desktop PC, but not exactly. There’s no way anyone can make things work on a smartphone exactly like they do on a computer – it’s a different environment. LastPass makes this clear in the video tutorials they have on their site. The above two procedures are how LastPass works within the iOS Safari and Chrome apps. ![]() Complete the rest of the process same as you do in Safari. You have to tap on the ellipsis (three vertical dots) at the top-right of the screen, then tap the share icon (at the top-left of the popup menu). In Chrome on iOS you do the same thing, but the share icon isn’t always visible. That will fill in both the username and password into the boxes on the website. Next item: I’m betting the problem is you don’t know how to use LastPass with Safari and Chrome – it’s not the same way you do on a computer.įor Safari on iOS, you can fill in user credentials on a website by tapping the Share icon (box with an up arrow coming out of it at the bottom of the screen), tapping LastPass (and authenticating with your fingerprint), then tapping on the vault entry for that website. And I doubt Apple is going to change their policy much, since app interplay is a great way to hack into computers and devices. No other password manager app can do things any better, they all have to work within the constraints that Apple places on app interplay. Switch back to the app, tap in the password field, then tap-and-hold and tap Paste to paste the password into the field. find the app entry in your Vault, and tap the Copy Password menu linkģ. For 3rd party apps on iOS that don’t institute either of the above two as features on their app, you are stuck with having to deal with a more kludged-up procedure. Not all app developers choose to do either of these things, so we are all stuck with the mish-mash of working with apps on our smartphones. the ability to use the fingerprint recognition feature of iPhones/iPads to unlock the app the ability to remember the user’s password so they don’t have to put it in each time, orĢ. As a result, many app developers build into their app either of these two features:ġ. Apple’s security restrictions limit the ability of apps to work with each other (for good security reasons), and there isn’t anything app developers can do about it. ![]() The answer to your first question is no, there isn’t (on iOS). For Safari logins, keychain has the edge since it will fill in the password for you without any action other than visiting the URL. Then paste that into the field of an app. It’s also debatable how complicated it is to look up and copy a password for either, I think LastPass has the edge in iOS for non-browser apps, just run the app (it’s fingerprint-enabled for login), tap a few letters of the website URL or account you want, tap on the entry and tap Copy password. I’d say if your needs are limited to website passwords (used in Safari) and credit cards (also used in Safari), then the Apple Keychain is perfectly acceptable to use instead of LastPass. and there’s a handy ‘Copy password’ button to streamline getting the password into the right field for non-browser apps. LastPass also works pretty seamlessly across web browsers (not just Safari). LastPass has secure notes with a bunch of different templates for different information types, and you can even create a custom information type if you don’t find one that fits. Keychain is great for remembering those passwords and credit cards, but not so great for other types of information you want remembered for you. You can tap-and-hold on it to copy it, then go to Safari, tap-and-hold in the password field and tap Paste to put the password into the field. Use the search bar to find the entry for the website you want and tap on it.Tap Settings > Safari > Passwords and either use your fingerprint or passcode.You can then copy it and paste it into a password field in your web browser or other app. Click the checkbox to show the password. ![]()
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