Apple Keychain Concept for macOS

4 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

Pardon the rough edges! This is a quick-and-dirty export from Behance.
The content will get a proper rewrite soon. For now, it’s just migrated as-is.

Keychain: One password to rule them all

Let’s be honest, when Apple introduced Keychain, they just added it to the keys and certificates developer tool on macOS without creating any new interface.

Sad right? Because Keychain could be a great built-in alternative to third-party password managers. With a first step in this direction from Apple with iOS 12, I decided to design a concept of what could be a more user-friendly UI integrated in System Preferences.

Current keychain interface — The current way of accessing the Keychain on macOS

Keychain in System Preferences concept — The new Keychain & Accounts tab in System Preferences