如果您在 PC 上使用 Google Chrome ，但更喜欢在 iPhone 和Mac上使用(Mac)Safari，那么您可能已经厌倦了不得不在两个浏览器中挖掘和重新插入密码的不断苦恼。但这将不再是一件苦差事。
Apple与 iCloud for Windows版本 12 一起发布的 iCloud Passwords Chrome扩展程序现在可以将密码从 iCloud钥匙串(Keychain)自动填充到Windows上的(Windows)Chrome中。
此外，iCloud Passwords还允许您将在Chrome中创建的新密码直接上传并保存到 iCloud Keychain。
如果您想设置和使用 iCloud 密码，您将在下面找到有关 Apple 最新 iCloud Chrome扩展程序的所有信息。
安装/更新 iCloud for Windows
在您可以使用 iCloud密码 Chrome(Passwords Chrome)扩展之前，您必须在您的 PC 上安装 iCloud for Windows 。如果您已经安装了该应用程序，则必须对其进行更新。
为 Windows 安装 iCloud(Install iCloud for Windows)
您可以将 iCloud for Windows安装为Microsoft Store应用程序。或者，您可以通过从Apple 网站(Apple’s website)获取安装程序将其设置为标准桌面应用程序。从方便的角度来看，最好从Microsoft Store获取。
安装完 iCloud for Windows后，打开它并使用您的Apple ID凭据登录。如果您设置了双重身份验证，则必须插入您在 iPhone 或Mac上收到的代码才能完成登录。
注意：(Note:)除了iCloud密码(Passwords)，您还可以使用Windows版 iCloud将iCloud Drive 和照片同步到您的 PC以及(sync iCloud Drive and Photos to your PC)Safari、Chrome和Firefox之间的书签。
更新 Windows 版 iCloud(Update iCloud for Windows)
如果您使用Windows版 iCloud的Microsoft Store版本，您的 PC 应该已自动将应用程序更新到版本 12（iCloud(Microsoft Store)密码(Passwords—or)的先决条件）或更高版本。
如果您已禁用Microsoft Store自动更新，请通过Microsoft Store菜单（位于屏幕右上角）选择下载和更新(Downloads and updates)选项，然后选择iCloud for Windows旁边的更新(Update )。
对于标准的 iCloud for Windows桌面应用程序，请改为通过“开始”菜单打开(Start )Apple 软件更新(Apple Software Update )，然后应用任何待处理的 iCloud for Windows更新。
添加 iCloud 密码扩展
在您的计算机上安装或更新Windows版 iCloud 后，您可以立即将 iCloud密码(Passwords)扩展添加到Chrome。打开 iCloud for Windows应用程序（通过系统托盘），选中(Windows)Passwords旁边的框，然后选择Apply。
在出现的弹出框中，选择下载以启动(Download )Chrome Web Store上的 iCloud密码(Passwords)页面。接下来(Next)，选择添加到 Chrome(Add to Chrome)以将 iCloud 密码添加到 Chrome。
然后，您必须在Chrome(Chrome)中验证 iCloud密码(Passwords)扩展。通过Chrome(Chrome)的Extensions菜单选择 iCloud Passwords图标，它会提示您输入六位数的验证码。
同时，您会在系统托盘区域上方以 iCloud for Windows toast通知的形式看到代码本身。(Windows toast)插入(Insert)它，你就可以开始了。
使用 iCloud 密码自动填充密码
当您在Chrome中看到登录表单时，iCloud Passwords扩展程序将变为蓝色（内部带有一个钥匙形符号），表示它具有该站点的一个或多个登录凭据。只需(Simply)选择图标并选择您要填写的用户名和密码。
提示：(Tip:)为方便起见，最好将 iCloud密码 Chrome(Passwords Chrome)扩展程序添加到Chrome工具栏。在Extensions菜单上，选择iCloud Passwords旁边的Pin。
如果相同的图标显示为白色，则您必须重新验证 iCloud密码(Passwords)，然后它才能自动填写网站密码。选择图标，Windows版 iCloud弹出窗口将显示您需要输入的代码。
另一方面，灰色的 iCloud密码(Passwords)扩展图标表示它没有任何可以填写到网站的密码。
在Chrome 的内置密码管理器(Chrome’s built-in password manager)包含登录表单密码的情况下，浏览器会像往常一样自动插入该密码。如果需要，您可以选择 iCloud 密码并从 iCloud钥匙串(Keychain)中选择一组不同的用户凭据（如果可用） 。
将密码保存到 iCloud 钥匙串
如果您在Chrome(Chrome)中创建新密码，iCloud Passwords Chrome扩展程序会提示您将其保存到 iCloud钥匙串(Keychain)。当您使用Chrome(Chrome)密码管理器中的密码时，它还应该要求您这样做。然后，您可以选择接受、拒绝或推迟下一次。
但是，iCloud密码(Passwords)扩展不会同步您的密码。这意味着您不会在Chrome密码管理器中找到您的 iCloud(Chrome)钥匙串(Keychain)密码，反之亦然，只需将其添加到Chrome即可。
iCloud密码(Passwords)还通过阻止Chrome的内置密码管理器保存登录凭据来限制它的工作方式。这是在Chrome(Chrome)中创建新密码时的问题，或者如果您想在从 iCloud钥匙串(Keychain)中使用密码时将密码添加到Chrome。
在 Safari 中使用 Chrome 密码
iCloud Passwords主要是一条单行道，因为它不会将现有的Chrome密码上传到 iCloud钥匙串(Keychain)，除非您至少使用每个密码登录一次。
在Mac上，您可以通过手动将Chrome密码导入Safari来减少这个问题。将Chrome 下载(Download Chrome)到您的Mac上，使用您的Google 帐户登录(Google Account)，然后退出浏览器。然后，打开Safari并转到File > Import From > Google Chrome。在显示的弹出窗口中，选中Passwords旁边的框并选择Import。
如果您在 iPhone 上使用Safari，您可以直接从Chrome本身自动填写密码。通过 App Store 安装 Chrome(Install Chrome via the App Store)并登录。然后，转到Settings > Passwords > Autofill Passwords并允许来自Chrome的密码。
iCloud 密码：总比(Than)没有好
iCloud密码 Chrome(Passwords Chrome)扩展程序并不完美。它无法在Chrome和Safari之间同步您的密码，也不允许您将任何内容保存到Chrome密码管理器。但它确实可以帮助您避免手动查找Safari密码并将其输入Chrome，因此总比没有好。
如果使用 iCloud密码(Passwords)听起来很麻烦（在很多方面确实如此），您可能需要购买专用的跨平台密码管理器，例如1Password、LastPass或Dashlane。
iCloud Passwords Chrome Extension: How to Use It
If you υѕe Google Chrome on a PC but prefer Safari on the iPhоne and Mаc, you’re probably fed up with the constant grind of having to dig around and re-insert passwords into bоth browsers. But that won’t be such a chore anymore.
The iCloud Passwords Chrome extension—which Apple released alongside iCloud for Windows version 12—now makes it possible to auto-fill passwords from iCloud Keychain into Chrome on Windows.
Besides, iCloud Passwords also allows you to upload and save new passwords that you create in Chrome directly to iCloud Keychain.
If you want to set up and use iCloud Passwords, you’ll find everything you need to know about Apple’s latest iCloud Chrome extension below.
Install/Update iCloud for Windows
Before you can use the iCloud Passwords Chrome extension, you must install iCloud for Windows on your PC. If you already have the application installed, you must update it.
Install iCloud for Windows
You can install iCloud for Windows as a Microsoft Store app. Or, you can set it up as a standard desktop application by grabbing the installer from Apple’s website. From a convenience perspective, it’s best to get it from the Microsoft Store.
Once you’ve finished installing iCloud for Windows, open it and sign in with your Apple ID credentials. If you have two-factor authentication set up, you must insert the code you receive on your iPhone or Mac to finish signing in to it.
Note: iCloud Passwords aside, you can also use iCloud for Windows to sync iCloud Drive and Photos to your PC and your bookmarks between Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.
Update iCloud for Windows
If you use the Microsoft Store edition of iCloud for Windows, your PC should’ve automatically updated the app to version 12—a prerequisite for iCloud Passwords—or later.
In case you’ve disabled automatic Microsoft Store updates, select the Downloads and updates option via the Microsoft Store menu (located to the top-right of the screen) and select Update next to iCloud for Windows.
For the standard iCloud for Windows desktop application, open Apple Software Update via the Start menu instead and apply any pending iCloud for Windows updates.
Add iCloud Passwords Extension
After installing or updating iCloud for Windows on your computer, you can immediately add the iCloud Passwords extension to Chrome. Open the iCloud for Windows app (via the system tray), check the box next to Passwords, and select Apply.
On the pop-up box that shows up, select Download to launch the iCloud Passwords page on the Chrome Web Store. Next, select Add to Chrome to add iCloud Passwords to Chrome.
You must then authenticate the iCloud Passwords extension in Chrome. Select the iCloud Passwords icon via Chrome’s Extensions menu, and it will prompt you for a six-digit verification code.
At the same time, you’ll see the code itself in the form of an iCloud for Windows toast notification just above the system tray area. Insert it, and you’re all set to go.
Auto-fill Passwords With iCloud Passwords
When you come across a login form in Chrome, the iCloud Passwords extension will turn blue—with a key-shaped symbol inside—to denote that it has one or more login credentials for the site. Simply select the icon and pick the username and password you want to fill into it.
Tip: To make things easier, it’s a good idea to add the iCloud Passwords Chrome extension to the Chrome toolbar. On the Extensions menu, select Pin next to iCloud Passwords.
If the same icon shows up in white, you must re-authenticate iCloud Passwords before it can auto-fill the site’s password. Select the icon, and an iCloud for Windows pop-up will display the code that you need to enter.
On the other hand, a gray-colored iCloud Passwords extension icon indicates it doesn’t have any passwords that you can fill into the site.
In instances where Chrome’s built-in password manager contains a password for a login form, the browser will insert that automatically as it usually does. Should you want, you can select iCloud Passwords and pick a different set of user credentials—if available—from the iCloud Keychain.
Save Passwords to iCloud Keychain
If you create a new password in Chrome, the iCloud Passwords Chrome extension will prompt you to save it to the iCloud Keychain. It should also ask you to do that when you use a password from the Chrome password manager. You can then choose to accept, deny, or put that off for the next time.
However, the iCloud Passwords extension doesn’t synchronize your passwords. That means you won’t find your iCloud Keychain passwords in the Chrome password manager, or vice-versa, just by adding it to Chrome.
iCloud Passwords also limits how Chrome’s built-in password manager works by preventing it from saving login credentials. That’s an issue when creating new passwords in Chrome, or if you want to add passwords to Chrome as you use them from iCloud Keychain.
Using Chrome Passwords in Safari
iCloud Passwords is mostly a one-way street since it doesn’t upload existing Chrome passwords to the iCloud Keychain unless you sign in with each of them at least once.
On the Mac, you can make that less of an issue by manually importing your Chrome passwords to Safari. Download Chrome onto your Mac, sign in with your Google Account, and exit the browser. Then, open Safari and go to File > Import From > Google Chrome. On the pop-up that shows up, check the box next to Passwords and select Import.
If you use Safari on an iPhone, you can simply auto-fill passwords directly from Chrome itself. Install Chrome via the App Store and sign into it. Then, go to Settings > Passwords > Autofill Passwords and allow passwords from Chrome.
iCloud Passwords: Better Than Having Nothing
The iCloud Passwords Chrome extension isn’t perfect. It can’t sync your passwords across Chrome and Safari, and it also doesn’t allow you to save anything to the Chrome password manager. But it does help you skip having to look up and enter Safari passwords into Chrome manually, so it’s still better than having nothing.
If using iCloud Passwords sounds like a hassle (and in many ways, it is), you may want to invest in a dedicated cross-platform password manager such as 1Password, LastPass, or Dashlane.
