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Lost Gmail password from auto-password generator?Help! My friend lost his Google Gmail password because he used a password generator on his Mac, but when he copied the generated password to the clipboard, it didnt really copy. Then he closed the password box and effectively lost that new password for his Gmail. He tried filling out the Gmail technical support form to get access again but they said the info he gave them was "inconclusive" and they couldn't give him access back at this time. Is there a way to recover his Gmail password on a Mac? Since there are no cookies like Windows I'm not sure how he can get it back. Thanks! Sounds like a tricky situation because you didn't tell me which password generator your friend used, but odds are good that whatever he ran, it likely has some sort of internal database of encrypted passwords. If it's really well behaved, it might even be adding the password information to the existing account and password storage system on your Mac OS X system: Keychain. In fact, let's start there. While you might be familiar with Keychain as the utility that applications like Safari use to store passwords, you might not realize that it's actually a separate application you can launch. To find it, go to Applications --> Utilities and look for "Keychain Access" The opening window looks like this:  Scroll down (or search) and see if you can find the account information in question. Once you do, select it and choose File --> Get Info (or just press Cmd-I) and it'll show you more details:  Check "Show password" and it'll ask you for your system password:  If you enter it correctly, you'll now have the password for that account revealed. Helpful! If you can't find it there, try the password generating application itself. For example, I use 1Password for account management within the Web browser and it too has the ability to show you otherwise encrypted passwords, as shown here:  Again, find the specific entry you're interested in and choose it. Immediately, the lower pane will fill with account details:  If the password isn't shown, simply click on "Edit" and it'll reveal it. Hopefully these will give you and your pal some ideas about how to recover the password your application assigned to his Gmail account. Good luck!
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(Article 8105,
Written by Dave Taylor)
Tagged: account management, mac keychain, password management, password recovery, security Previous: When was the last time Google visited my Web site? Next: Import Lotus Notes Address Book into Microsoft Outlook? Subscribe!
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I can't fill out the form which they give you, since my IP address is different than what I have usually used, since I moved to my friend's apartment, and that will be suspicious. Does anyone know what I could possibly do? Posted by: Annabelle at April 9, 2010 12:16 PMsir my gmail account opening is not because i have no password for me please hlp me. Posted by: sathya at April 23, 2010 12:34 AMi frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to retreav the password i have the secondory account Posted by: simi at April 30, 2010 6:47 AMi frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to retreav the password i have the secondory account Posted by: anil.tanwar2009 at May 1, 2010 11:24 AMi frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to recover the password.i dont have secondary account. Posted by: Abhishek at May 5, 2010 4:03 AMi frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to recover the password.i dont have secondary account. Posted by: pritam at May 27, 2010 9:22 AMi frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to retreav the password i have the secondory account Posted by: sudhasrinivasan at June 16, 2010 12:34 AMi lost password this gmail id aditi.mukherje@gmail.com i frogot my Password of gmail account and i dont remember the sequrity question also plz tell me how to retreav the password my id is girlcute798@gmail.com Posted by: Rahul at June 20, 2010 4:41 AMi forgot gmail password how to recover password Could someone please, explain me if a password can get changed misteriously? it seems that my password has been changed without me knowing it. Thank you very much. Posted by: pili at July 19, 2010 7:23 AMCould someone please, explain me if a password can get changed misteriously? it seems that my password has been changed without me knowing it. Thank you very much. my ultinate mail id devenderk1989@gmail.com Posted by: Devender at July 29, 2010 11:11 PMplz tell me how to find others password i m in need,can u help me its urgent. Posted by: aksha at August 5, 2010 2:11 AMgive me my loss password Posted by: deepak at August 14, 2010 1:41 AMHi Dave, I have forgotten my gmail password and trying to remember from so many days but all in vain. I have made my recovery email id as the original id and have forgotten my answer of security question. I'm using XP ... so is there any way that i can recover my password because i don't remember all the exact dates of my account activation. Please help me out in this unfortunate matter. Thanks Posted by: Nafeesa at August 14, 2010 7:02 PMi forget my gmail password how i will get, akshaya82@gmail.com
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pls send my gmail password . send other email id i have a gmail account where i have my old contacts stored. i have forgotten the pw and security question. pl help me Posted by: sahanadevadiga at September 10, 2011 7:11 AMHelllo sir, I forgetten my gmail password so plz send my current gmail password on other email id hai i forget my gmail account is ravichandar.j@gmail.com password. please could u tell me how to know my account password Posted by: annu singh at September 16, 2011 11:27 PMi forgat my gamil passport Posted by: happy at September 27, 2011 3:34 AMi forget my gmail password how i will get, saeedpinju@gmail.com Regards sir i forget my gmail password .please send it to my another account amaravathi.n@rediffmail.com Posted by: sreekanth at October 17, 2011 1:42 AMI Forget Samsung GT-C3303 Password Plz Tell Me New Password Posted by: Diwan at November 1, 2011 4:16 AMhii i am rahul Hi Dave dear sir sir i forget my gmail password .my gmail id shreelovely5@gmail.com,,, please send it to my another account dsr84@rediffmail.com Posted by: Shree Chawariya at December 10, 2011 3:31 AMhi, i hav created my gmail account before 2 years ago.but before 9 months somebody hack my id nd change the password. problem is that i hav forgot my recovery emailid nd phone no. has been closed. so can u help me.....plz... Posted by: kamana shukla at December 10, 2011 11:06 AMDear Sir & Gmail team i accidently lock my phone please sent me a gmail with the password that i forgot Posted by: Fast95Lane at December 24, 2011 2:03 AMsir, i forgot my password please let me know my current password. my passward lost. Posted by: ngwe bhone at January 8, 2012 6:21 AMsome one is using my pw to do scam Posted by: sophia at January 15, 2012 4:03 AMi forget my passward Posted by: kasis khan at January 16, 2012 1:35 AMsir, i forgot my gmail password please help me Posted by: deepak at January 29, 2012 3:52 AMSir,Im a girl n love some one very much,when Im in a relatioship I send him mail & now he blackmail me from this mail.I want to delete my mails from his id pls help me sir.... Posted by: Neha at January 29, 2012 9:01 PMHey I forgot may gmail password and please help me to recovber that.It is very important becouase I send my CV to a Company and the reply will come to that gmail address.Soi please help me.You can contact me on this addres: p.g.kesavan@gmail.com Posted by: Kumar at January 31, 2012 2:28 PMHi tech support team, this is balu my sister has forgotten her password can you please tell me that how can we recover the password. I hope you will help for my query. Thank you. your's sincerely, i lost my gmail password, kindly recover my password. My emai id was : nefario.66@gmail.com. Need ur reply Posted by: ASHA TIRKEY at February 7, 2012 11:03 PMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
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