I use Secure Notes in Keychain quite a bit and have amassed a collection over the years. Under Sequoia, I no longer seem to be able to create a new secure note. Choosing the "Create a new keychain item" icon brings up the "New Password" dialogue regardless of whether passwords or notes are being displayed.
Is this a bug?
Mac mini, macOS 15.0
This is and will be a very troublesome situation for me!!!!
hundreds and hundreds of secure notes and passwords on multiple mac since introduction of the keychain access on mac os x!!! with oldest mac now with high sierra and newest just upgraded to sequoia and realizing this hectic issue to come soon!!!
why why why!!!??? Apple…
I just upgraded to Sequoia February 2025, and at first I did not see my Secure Notes in Keychain Access.
But I did find them when I clicked Login under Default Keychains in the sidebar. Then when I clicked on the Secure Notes menu item, they all appeared.
@Barney: Thanks!
do you mean a locked note in the Notes.app? Is that strongly encrypted too?
I do have FileVault on of course, but locked notes are shared on all devices, I am wondering whether the level of encryption is as good as keychain access...
(Never mind.)
So is the proposed solution to use the notes app and secure the notes instead of using keychain?
Sure but in order to save it you must have something in the user and password fields so not quite the same
I agree, keychain has some many more useful facilities than passwords. The latter is very limited in usage!
Sequoia: Keychain Access cannot create a new secure note
