Post #252952

2026-02-10 17:39 UTC

Apple Passwords.app data loss PSA: If you edit an entry in Passwords.app and then quit the app without clicking the Save button first, your edits are lost. The app will just quit without popping up a confirmation dialog. Observed on macOS 26.2.

Replies (5)

@ole@chaos.social 2026-02-10 18:05

Another data loss opportunity in Apple’s Passwords.app: the Notes field only accepts ~4 KB of text (why?). If you keep typing at the end of the text, the app won’t let you. But if you paste something at the beginning of the text, the app allows it and just deletes the same number of characters from the end. WTF! Also observed on macOS 26.2.

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@tewha@appdot.net 2026-02-10 17:41

@ole@chaos.social I think that happened to me in an earlier macOS 26.

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@gelosi@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 18:03

@ole@chaos.social before 26 passwords were also loosing your data by clicking Save. So, you can never go back to your old password. Just hope you saved it after you had an update :)

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@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 20:49

@ole@chaos.social Is there an FB number?

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@kalleboo@bitbang.social 2026-02-11 00:34

@ole@chaos.social Modern Apple UIs in a nutshell. Basically anything made with SwiftUI has lost any semblance of polish and attention to detail like this because it's iOS-first

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