How do I recover a Mac wifi password?

I used my password for Gmail on my IMAC OS X and I want to recover it, how do I do this?

Very useful!! Thank you!!

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This information is outdated. This will no longer work.

It's changed, Mystech, but only a tiny bit. Instead of the screen looking like it does above, it's more brief, but if you've selected the Airport location and click on "Advanced..." you'll find that the rest of the steps here work just fine.

In leopartd 10.5 don't work. This is the solution:Go
Go to:
1. Applications
2. Utilities
3. Keychain Access
4. System (top left; defaults to login)
5. Found the SSID of key that I was trying to recover and double-click
6. Select the Show Password checkbox
7. Enter your admin password.

Hi Dave
How do I recover the password for an application I was using on my imac, I've forgotten it.
Cheers tony

can you change the password to anything you want?

Thank you so much!!! This was incredibly helpful. We were uploading to our blog from afar and needed a password.

Cheers,
Josie

thanks Toni!

Toni,
u r right its been updated. what u posted was accurate and very helpful.

tq alot.

This does not work for me. When I get to the screen with the "show password" box, that box is greyed out so I cannot clink on it to reveal the password. Any ideas on how to get around this problem?

I bought a mac a year ago and have been able use the wireless without a problem. I want to change my airport network password but I'm not sure how because I sold my old PC, which I use to initially set up the wireless in my apt. Do you know I can change the password even though my current computer is not the one I used to set up the internet when I first moved in?

Juan, absolutely yes. You should be able to use a specific IP address (probably your gateway/router device if you look at System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> TCP/IP) and connect with your Web browser by prepending an "http://" to it.

Like this: http://192.1.1.0/ as an example.

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I have the same problem as Jenny. If you know what to do about this, I would appreciate it, Thanks!

hi there
ive tried allof the above on all of the macs i use to access the wireless router.

i am able to get to the screen that has the "show password" box.
HOWEVER, when i click this -it prompts another box asking for the keychain password with 3 options
dney access once acsess always

the admin password i have does not work here.
i believe its requesting the password im looing for ?????

PS - i too am trying to re-find the password i use when using airport to access my wireless modem. (macs+ iphone / ipad)
this is the password i set but have since lost / forgotten

H E L P

It'd be stored in the Keychain Access.app (under an "Airport Network Password").

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=504486

Hi,

I have a Macbook (10.4.11) and I recently lost access to my personal network. As I'm a bit of a computer dunce, a work colleague initially set up the network and the password has since been lost. I have followed the steps provided on this page, but when I try to enter the hex ASCII password (which is really long) into the 'Assist Me' option of the network setup assistant, the password is deemed invalid. I'm a bit stumped and would appreciate any help. Apologies if this is an easily solved problem, it's just very frustrating!

Lo and behold, a family member discovered the password on a piece of paper wedged in a drawer. Thanks anyway!

Hi all, I used the above info to recover my lost wifi password. very helpful. however, when I cut and pasted the password to join network (using macbook) the dialogue box stated that it was an invalid password. any suggestions? Cheers, Victor

Hi

Dav Taylor, My computer have no system preference. so how do I get this program. I try to download but many program, So I don't know which program please show me how to download this program that you saw us.

Thanks you

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! for the Leopard info. SAVED ME!

Jenny and lofa,

I had the same problem as you both - the 'show pwd' option grayed out.

This tip out here helped me to retrieve the pwd:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=306920#5

Try yourself.

Thanks so much for this post, you saved me an awful lot of work resetting my router and starting all over!

Dave,

How can I quickly set up a WiFi Mesh (Mobile Adhoc) network on a MacBook Pro?

I have been trying to find the answer to this for about 14 months and got it tonight.
So THANK YOU SO MUCH !!

Thank you, toni!
The information above from Dave is very useful, but in Snow Leopard it does not work. SO! Toni's answer is spot on and easy to use.

Thanks to all!
Walt D in LV

Thanks, really helpful. Problem fixed within 30 seconds!

TONI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!! I've been searching a way to get the password on Leopard 10.6 for ages!!!!!
omg you just saved my time!!!!!! thank you thousand!!!!!!!!! XD

Sadly it doesn't work on OS X 10.6

toni... i never comment on websites that have helped me but you saved me today!... thanks sooooo much

Why doesn't it allow me to review the password? :\

Thanks Toni!! It worked like a charm.

But what if I don't have access to the checkbox (show password) as this has been grayed out (so probably secured?)

Confirming that the keychain access works on OSX Lion

But what if I don't have access to the checkbox (show password) as this has been grayed out? And if I click on it, it will let me enter something new, but the SAVE button is greyed out so I can't save it. Any easy way on this, or do I have reset my Airport? Thanks!

HI DAVE,

THAT WAS JUST GREAT. MY W-LAN PW WERE RECOVERED THIS WAY IN LESS THAN 5MIN. THIS WAY THE IPAD2 WE'VE GOT COULD GO ON AIR NOW. MANY THX FROM MUNICH GERMANY. COME TO THE OKTOBERFEST I'LL BUY YOU A MASS (1 L BEER )

thanks. advice still works just fine 3 yrs. later.

for some reason my "show password box" is grey and won't allow me to select it. I need the wireless password for the laptop, this computer is already connected to the internet. Is there another way to figure out what the password for the wireless is?

Thank you!!! Thanks for the leopard update. Works on lion too!