How To View Saved Wi-Fi (WPA, WEP) Passwords on OS X

Just about everyone who has a smart phone has most likely associated with several distinctive wireless networks throughout the span of time. I have a tendency to travel a ton and bring my portable computer with me all over I go, so I truly have over a hundred wireless networks stored on my Mac. This is extraordinary because I can easily unite with those wireless networks at whatever point I'm in reach once more, regardless of the fact that it after 6 months.

In any case, there are times when I have to know the password for the Wifi system, usually because I need to associate an alternate device like my iphone or ipad to the system. It is highly unlikely I ever recollect that password any Wifi system other than my own, so I need to get it from somewhere else. In the event that your computer is as of now associated with the system, it makes flawless sense to just discover the key from that point.

Fortunately, it easy to do this in OS X. All passwords, certificates and other security data is stored in the Keychain program. This is the place all your saved passwords for websites, connections to system devices, and so forth are stored.

 

Find Stored WiFi Password using Keychain

First, open Keychain by either searching for it in Spotlight or going to Applications – Utilities.

At the point when Keychain Access opens, you'll see the list of login items naturally selected in the left hand segment. This list includes application passwords, Internet passwords, system passwords and web structure passwords. 

To discover the passwords for wireless networks, you need to click on System in the upper left-hand menu. These should all be ordered as Airport system password.

Presently to view the genuine password, feel free to twofold click on the wireless system of your decision. You'll get a pop up window that'll list the name of the system and some different details. At the bottom, you'll see the Show password check box. Feel free to watch that.

Before you get to see the password, you'll need to type in your OS X password at which point an alternate dialog will pop up saying OS X wants to roll out improvements. Type an administrator's name and password to permit this.

You'll need to type in your username and password for OS X once more. I'm not sure why it obliged twice, however that is the means by which its chipping away at Mavericks right now. When you do this, you'll at last get the saved Wifi password.