Recover a Mac WIFI Password
There are a couple of ways to get to this data, including simply using the Keychain Access utility, but probably the easiest way to get to this specific data is to go through Airport System Preferences. Go into the Airport control area of Mac OS X and you’ll find a list of all the different networks you’ve successfully joined in the past, including those with and without passwords.
Open up System Preferences –> Network –> Airport –> Configure…:
Pick the network you need and click on the little “EDIT” button and a new window pops up with specific information on this network:
Click on the “Show Password” checkbox, and ….
The password is shown in hex but dont worry it’ll still work when you paste it into your new WIFI profile if you choose to create one.
on December 14th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Спасибо классная статья
on February 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Does not work
on July 31st, 2009 at 8:16 am
Try this:
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.
Enjoy.
Josh Phillips
on July 8th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
thanks, josh phillips!
on July 12th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
TONI, you are right and it does work also on OSX 10.6.4
Great!
on July 28th, 2010 at 12:37 am
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on August 8th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
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.
Related mac wifi password recovery: http://www.macpassword.com/recover-mac-wireless-password.html
on September 25th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Thank you, josh Philips!
on December 26th, 2010 at 11:17 am
YESSSS!!! Josh Phillips that worked.
on March 28th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Thank you! It worked!!!
on April 29th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Josh Phillips, thank you!
on June 2nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Thank you!!!!
on August 13th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Thanks a lot!
on September 7th, 2011 at 3:30 am
Thank you Josh
on September 11th, 2011 at 3:48 am
Thanks a lot Josh Phillips
on October 31st, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Josh’s solution WORKED… Woo-Hoo!!!!!! Thanks Josh.
on December 6th, 2011 at 1:24 am
hi, what if I’m connecting the internet through cable and I wanna check my wifi password? there is no device connecting with the wifi now. Thanks for your help!
on January 19th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Thanks Josh – yours worked!