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How to set up and use passkeys across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac


Looking to move from passwords to passkeys across all your Apple devices? Here's how to do it.

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETPasskeys offer a more secure and convenient method of authentication compared with passwords. To set up and approve the login, you can use a PIN, facial scan, fingerprint recognition, or physical security key. If one device gets lost or becomes inoperative, such as your iPhone, you can turn to your Mac or iPad to use your passkeys and automatically sync them to a new phone.

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