How to view Wi-Fi password on Mac? Before the advent of Apple’s iCloud Keychain (better known as Keychain), a good method for effectively storing all passwords was to rely on one of the many paid applications such as 1Password and Wallet which, precisely , allow you to create a card for each type of service (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) by storing your account name, password and other data inside a code-protected software with 256-bit encryption to keep all passwords safe.
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However, one does not always remember to save all the new passwords or those used a few times, such as the access key to the WiFi at home: this, like many others, is one of those long, complex passwords which, once entered in all devices, is easily forgotten. In many routers it is stored in a special label, but in almost all cases it is recommended to change the default one to a more complex one in order to prevent unwanted access.
The problem comes when we buy a new device or a friend visiting our house asks us to be able to connect from his smartphone: how many of you know the long WiFi password by heart? Well, if you haven’t saved it or written it anywhere and you really don’t remember it, instead of resetting everything, it can be read very easily through an application present on the Mac from different versions of macOS but often forgotten, which takes the name of “Keychain Access”.
By starting the software, just enter the name of your WiFi network (or part of it) in the search bar and double-click on the relevant item that will appear among the results: in the new window, activate the check on “Show password” and correctly fill in the fields relating to the “Name” and “Administrator Password” to allow viewing.