Apple has released a new version of iCloud for Windows, numbered 12.5. The update adds the ability to access and manage passwords saved in iCloud from a Windows machine, a feature that clients have long requested.
Apple has been steadily adding more help for iCloud passwords on non-Apple platforms with mixed results. The organization released a Chrome extension that synced iCloud passwords with Chrome. Yet, similar to this new iCloud Passwords application, it did the absolute minimum and very little else.
All things considered, this expansion is welcome for clients who essentially live in the Apple ecosystem (and hence use Apple’s iCloud password locker) yet who in some cases need to utilize Windows. For instance, a few people utilize an iPhone or a Mac more often than not yet have a Windows PC that is simply used to play games that can’t be played on the Mac.
Beforehand, those clients needed to whip out an Apple gadget to look into a password, then, at that point type it in manually on the Windows PC to sign in to an account. Options were much more restricted for iCloud password manager clients who expected to use a Windows gadget to make a new account that would later be gotten to on different platforms.
Presently, clients can launch a bare-bones password manager application in Windows, allowing them to access or add passwords.
We’re completely serious when we say the new application is bare-bones; it does precisely the minimum and that’s it. On the off chance that your daily driver is a Windows machine, this new application will do nothing to persuade you to change from something more robust like 1Password.
The iCloud Passwords application can be launched from the Start menu or placed on the desktop or taskbar, and it’s set up automatically when you download or upgrade to iCloud for Windows 12.5 from the Microsoft Store. Further, the iCloud for Windows application has some new settings to enable or disable syncing with Chrome or Edge extensions for iCloud passwords.
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