User's Guide

MakeyourpasswordsavailableonallyourdeviceswithiPadandiCloud
Keychain
UseiCloudKeychaintokeepyourwebsiteandapppasswords,creditcardinformation,Wi-Finetwork
information,andotheraccountinformationuptodateacrossallofyourapproveddevicesandMac
computers.(iOS7,iPadOS13,OSX10.9,orlaterrequired.)iCloudKeychainissecuredwith256-bit
AESencryptionduringstorageandtransmission,anditsdatacannotbereadbyApple.
iCloudKeychaincanalsokeeptheaccountsyouuseinMail,Contacts,Calendar,andMessagesupto
dateacrossallofyouriPhone,iPad,andiPodtouchdevicesandMaccomputers.
SetupiCloudKeychain
IfyoudidnʼtturnoniCloudKeychainwhenyoufirstsetupyouriPad,gotoSettings >[yourname]
>iCloud>Keychain,turnoniCloudKeychain,thenfollowtheonscreeninstructions.
WhenyousetupiCloudKeychain,youcreateaniCloudSecurityCode,whichyoucanuseto
authorizeadditionaldevicesthatuseyouriCloudKeychain.Itʼsalsousedforverificationsothatyou
canperformotheriCloudKeychainactions,suchasrecoveringyouriCloudKeychainifyouloseall
yourdevices.
SetupiCloudKeychainonanadditionaldevice
WhenyouturnoniCloudKeychainonanadditionaldevice,yourotherdevicesusingiCloudKeychain
receiveanotificationrequestingyourapprovaloftheadditionaldevice.
Ononeofyourotherdevices,approvetheadditionaldevice.YouriCloudKeychainautomatically
beginsupdatingontheadditionaldevice.
ToapproveiCloudKeychainwhenyoudonʼthaveaccesstoyourotherdevices,followtheonscreen
instructionstouseyouriCloudSecurityCode.
ResetorcreateaniCloudSecurityCode
IfyouenterthewrongiCloudSecurityCodetoomanytimeswhenusingiCloudKeychain,youriCloud
Keychainisdisabledonthatdevice,andyourkeychaininiCloudisdeleted.
ToresetorcreateanewiCloudSecurityCode,seetheAppleSupportarticleIfyouenteryouriCloud
SecurityCodeincorrectlytoomanytimes.
TolearnmoreaboutiCloudKeychain,seetheAppleSupportarticleSetupiCloudKeychain.
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