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How to find saved Wi-Fi passwords

Apple makes discovering long-forgotten passwords easier.

Lewis Wallace
February 02, 2023

Apple makes sharing Wi-Fi logins so friction-free these days that you practically never need to remember an actual password.

But in certain situations — like sharing a hotel Wi-Fi login with a friend who uses an Android device — you definitely need to know the exact (and often baffling) string of letters, numbers and symbols.

Luckily, Apple just made discovering Wi-Fi passwords easier for anyone with an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Our top story today shows you where to look.

Also in today’s newsletter:

Apple reportedly gave up on trying to find a replacement for Evans Hankey (who’s stepping down after replacing Jony Ive).
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— Lewis Wallace, managing editor

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Carry MacBook or iPad plus accessories in style with these new sleeves

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This convenient magnetic iPhone charger can go anywhere you go

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Today in Apple history: Gil Amelio takes over as CEO

On February 2, 1996, Apple revealed that turnaround artist Gil Amelio would take over from Michael "The Diesel" Spindler as CEO of the struggling company.

Tweetz o’ the day

End of an era.
With Jony Ive’s exit in 2019, Apple’s elite design team lost its powerful voice inside an incredibly hierarchical company. Replacing one of the world’s elite designers — and his decades of political capital — was never going to be easy.
— Tripp Mickle (@trippmickle)
6:19 PM • Feb 2, 2023

I am an irreplaceable legend.
— ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody)
4:56 PM • Feb 2, 2023

One more thing …

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We did call the Pope. [Woz] pretended to be Henry Kissinger. And we got the number of the Vatican, and we called the Pope. And they started waking people up in the hierarchy. I don’t know, cardinals and this and that. And they actually sent someone to wake up the Pope when, finally, we just burst out laughing, and they realized that we weren’t Henry Kissinger. Yeah, and so, we never got to talk to the Pope, but it was very funny.

— Steve Jobs describes a prank he and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak played in their early days of blue boxing.

One more, one more thing …

What do you think of Apple design in the post-Jony Ive era?

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