Russell I hear you and used to have the same problems but not now. I let the password manager do its thing even for important stuff and it just seems to work then again I ditched my 2009 iMac for a 2017 model on high Sierra John
> On 8 Aug 2020, at 21:32, 'Russell Courtenay' via iMac Group > <imaclist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > This is what I fear: Apple suggests a ‘secure’ password there is no way > you’ll remember so you try it. Then it never gets saved in your password! > Sometimes I enter a password on a website and in never asks ‘do you want to > save that password?’ > > Is this unusual? It has happened to me several times, I have a password file > in my file cabinet but seriously, with 500 plus online logins, it is not up > to date. Now with greater security on Google and the like, I guess they are > physically reviewing reset requests and it takes days... > > Thinking about using password manager software but isn’t that what iCloud is > supposed to be doing? > > Now I am in the recovery process with Google that will take a couple days. I > am still logged in on my iPhone (password not saved there) but of course, > google now blocks messages from downloading to my phone so only the previews > are there. > > This is a family email account I started in April of 2019 and never used, I > use it today and- locked out. > > I don’t use my iMac much but it still the family server and backup machine, > maybe it is time to replace it... > > 2008 iMac > Mac OS X El Capitan > Gmail account > > Russell Courtenay > Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/AB455728-B64D-4D36-B7C7-FFAF81CA5853%40yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/61064378-DB2B-4340-8D84-33D8D69A4262%40googlemail.com.