Over the last couple of years, Apple has actually gradually been constructing password manager-style includes into macOS and iOS, consisting of automated password generation, password breach detection, and more. Beginning with this year’s updates– iOS 18 and macOS 15 Sequoia– Apple broke all that performance out into its own Passwords app, making it all a lot more noticeable as a rival to standard password supervisors like 1Password and Bitwarden.

One location where Apple has actually dragged its platform-agnostic rivals remains in web browser assistance. Users might quickly autofill passwords in Safari on macOS, and Apple did support a standard extension for the Windows variations of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge by means of iCloud for Windows. The business just included a Chrome extension for macOS users in the summer season of 2023, and it has actually never ever supported non-Chromium web browsers at all.

That has actually lastly altered, a minimum of for Firefox users running macOS– Apple has actually a formally supported Passwords extension for Firefox that supports syncing and autofilling passwords in macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia. Presently, the extension does not support older variations of macOS or any variations of Firefox for Windows or Linux. When you set up the extension in Firefox on a Mac that’s currently synced with your iCloud account, all you ought to require to do to check in is input a six-digit code that macOS instantly creates for you. Similar to the Chromium extension, there’s no requirement to re-sign in to your iCloud account independently.

To allow this performance, it appears like Apple has actually taken ownership of a third-party extension that supported autofilling Apple Passwords in Firefox– a GitHub page for the initial extension is still readily available however states that Apple “are now the sole owners in charge of maintaining their own official iCloud Passwords extension.” That extension supports the variations of Windows that can run the main iCloud for Windows app, recommending that Apple should have the ability to include main Windows assistance for the extension eventually down the line.