If you have entered a password in your browser, logged in to Skype or e-mail client, your Mac has probably asked whether you’d like to save that password to your Keychain. Next time there is no need to re-enter the user name and password. However, the downside is that it is very easy to forget the passwords.
So, for Mac users the Keychain stores all the passwords. To access it, open Keychain Access (Applications -> Utilities -> Keychain Access) and find the missing item. Double-click on it, press “Show password” and enter your Admin password (the same as login password).
Visit Keychain Access for your passwords.
Firefox uses it’s own Password Manager (as it was built to run on all platforms), so the info is not stored in Keychain. Some OS X users (including me) find themselves switching between the two browsers, and it is infuriating to have some of the passwords stored in Firefox, and others in Safari (Keychain). Firefox 3 is supposed to have Keychain integration meaning that whichever browser you are yousing, the passwords will be synchronized.
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