What I ended up with was my keychain saved as a file and I could use every way you can imagine to synchronize And there happen to be dozens of clients thatĬan read and write KDBX on almost every platform.

With it comes KDBX, an open source file format to securely store passwords in an encrypted container. I don’t use KeePass itself as a password manager. I found KeePass just being the right thing for me. This article is part of theīyeCloud series in which I try to replace iCloud with self-hosted services. Keychain but that gives back control into my hands to be able to decide when and what to synchronize. I wanted to move my passwords to a secure, easy to use and technically simple alternative that provides me with all the capabilities I loved from iCloud Not to mention secure notes created in Keychain Access.app on the Mac that would not be visible on iOS. Or passwords that I just created wouldn’t show up.

Sometimes when I got a new device, the Keychain would just not start synching. But I hated not being in charge of telling Registration form of every page while it would also autofill passwords when I try to log in again. I loved the simplicity of just being able to generate passwords right from the ICloud Keychain has always been a love-hate relationship for me. Converting the CSV file to a KeePass XML file.Extracting Safari passwords to a CSV file.You can now add that database to Strongbox.Now tap ‘Copy Selection’ and save the database to your device or onto your preferred cloud or server.Browse to your KeePass database file (should have a kdb or kdbx extension).

Select ‘Files’ when presented with your backup contents.

You might be asked enter your backup password here if you used one, please do so.

In the drop down choose a backup that you believe has a copy of your database.

Install and run iBackup Extractor (free version).

It might be possible to extract a copy of your database from an iTunes Backup… If you do not have MiniKeePass any more but have an iTunes Backup If you store locally, remember to keep regular backups (you can export from Strongbox). You can choose to move that database to iCloud if you have iCloud enabled, otherwise you can choose to have it stored locally. Tap the ‘ Share‘ icon (square with arrow) in bottom toolbarĥ. This is very straightforward if you still have MiniKeePass installed:ģ.

Minikeepass replacement