How to View the asswords of WiFi Networks you’ve Previously Connected to in OS X

Do you ever need to figure out the password of a WiFi network that you’ve previously connected to (eg. your friend forgets their network password) – here’s how you can recover the password for that Wireless Network.

•  Start by launching the program Keychain Access, which can be found in your Applications -> Utilities folder.

• Select the login entry from the Keychains column.

•  Type in airport in the Search field to narrow down the logins to those related to your AirPort (wireless) card.

• Locate and then double-click the Wireless Network you want to retrieve the password of, from the Name column. In the example below, I have selected the Wireless Network E9Phoenix, which I believe was a Wireless Network I used at a hotel.

• Select the Attributes tab and then click the Show Password box.

• Enter your password again and click Allow.

• Now the password for that specific Wireless Network will be displayed in the Show Password field.

•  You can repeat the above steps to determine the password for each of the Wireless Networks you’ve connected to – if you opted to “Remember This Network” when you connected to each one.

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Posted by Sam Turker on February 6, 2012. Filed under Featured, Turotial. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry