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Fetch Help > Using Fetch > Moving keychains and passwords to another Macintosh
When you are upgrading to a new Macintosh, or if you use multiple Macintosh computers, you may want the same Fetch shortcuts and their passwords on each computer.
Moving your shortcuts is fairly straightforward. However, to provide the best security, Fetch stores its passwords separate from the shortcuts file; passwords are stored in the Mac OS X keychain. Unfortunately, this means when you move your shortcuts file from one Macintosh to another, all the information about your shortcuts except the passwords is moved; and moving keychains from one Macintosh to the other is not as straightforward as moving the shortcuts.
The simplest solution, especially if you just have a few passwords, is to re-enter your passwords on the new Macintosh (where they will be saved in that Macintosh's keychain). See the Fetch Password FAQ help topic for information about how to reveal a shortcut's password using the Keychain Access application.
Otherwise, there are a few options for moving keychain information between two Macintosh computers:
- If you are a MobileMe (.Mac) subscriber, you can use MobileMe (.Mac) syncing to sync the two keychains, which will copy passwords that are not in one keychain to the other. This is the best option if it is available to you.
- The Mac OS X Migration Assistant will move keychain files between computers, although usually the Migration Assistant is most useful if you have not moved your files to the other Macintosh yet.
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