Creating a new account for a banking website or an e-commerce store using a password like “Password123”, your dog’s name, or a sequence of keyboard keys is the absolute fastest way to suffer catastrophic identity theft. In the modern era of automated, brute-force hacking and massive corporate database leaks, you must use completely random, incredibly long cryptographic strings of characters that are mathematically impossible to guess. However, human brains cannot memorize fifty different randomized strings. Fortunately, you do not need to purchase expensive third-party software to manage this. Apple has built an incredibly secure, automated password generator directly into the Safari browser on macOS, seamlessly tied to your iCloud account.
How the Safari Password Generator Works
Apple’s system is designed to remove the human element of password creation entirely. The computer generates the string, saves the string, and enters the string for you.
- Open the native Safari web browser on your Mac.
- Navigate to the registration page of a new website (e.g., creating a new account on a shopping site).
- Fill in your email address or username normally.
- Click your mouse cursor inside the New Password text box.
The moment you click inside that specific box, Safari’s artificial intelligence recognizes that you are attempting to create an account. It will instantly drop down a bright yellow menu suggesting a massive, terrifyingly complex password (for example, something resembling xq9-P8k-mB2-ztR-wL4).
Accepting the Strong Password
- Simply click the yellow Use Strong Password button in the drop-down menu.
The complicated string is instantly injected into both the “Password” and “Confirm Password” boxes.
The absolute genius of this system is what happens in the background. The exact second you click that button, Safari securely transmits that impossible string through end-to-end encryption directly into your iCloud Keychain. You never even have to look at the password. The next time you visit that specific website on your Mac, your iPhone, or your iPad, Apple will automatically detect the site, scan your face (Face ID) or fingerprint (Touch ID) to verify your identity, and instantly fill the password box for you in a fraction of a second.