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Penn State students, employees who are not eligible for Platform SSO for Mac, and other affiliates who want to use Touch ID to access a passkey stored in Apple Passwords on a personal Mac computer.

Introduction

You can create a passkey for your Penn State Account and save it to Apple Passwords on your Mac. Your passkey is synced through iCloud Keychain and can also be used on other Apple devices signed in to the same Apple Account.

That said, if you've already created a passkey on your iPhone or iPad and saved it to the Apple Passwords app, you don't need to create a new passkey. You can simply enable Touch ID on your Mac (if not already enabled) and use it to verify your identity using the same passkey.

Things to know:

If you already created a passkey for your Penn State Account in Apple Passwords on an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac using the same Apple Account, you do not need to create another passkey. It will already be available on your Mac through iCloud Keychain.
iCloud Keychain must be enabled on your Mac to save and sync passkeys in Apple Passwords. Please see the following Apple Support article for more information: https://support.apple.com/guide/passwords/passkeys-mchl4af65d1a/mac
Touch ID does not store your passkey. Your passkey is stored in Apple Passwords. Touch ID verifies your identity before allowing the passkey to be used.
You do not need an iPhone or iPad to create a passkey using Apple Passwords on your Mac.

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Verify that iCloud Keychain is enabled

select the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of the screen.
select System Settings
select your name (Apple Account)
select iCloud
select Passwords or Passwords & Keychain
Verify that iCloud Keychain is enabled

Verify that Password AutoFill is enabled

open System Settings
select General
select AutoFill & Passwords
verify that AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys is enabled
verify that Passwords is enabled as an AutoFill provider

Verify that Touch ID is configured

open System Settings
select Touch ID & Password
verify that at least one fingerprint has been added
if your fingerprint has not been added, select Add Fingerprint and follow the prompts to configure Touch ID

REMINDER: If you have already saved a passkey for your Penn State Account in Apple Passwords, you do not have to create a new passkey. If you've already created a passkey and verified that Password AutoFill and Touch ID are enabled, you can use your fingerprint to authenticate without any additional steps.

Enroll a Passkey for your Penn State Account

visit mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info/ and sign in using your Penn State Account credentials
select +Add sign in method
select Passkey
select Next
when prompted to Choose where to save your passkey, select iCloud Keychain
on the Save a passkey screen, verify that Passwords is showing as the destination, then select Continue
if prompted, enter your Apple Account password and select Unlock
on the Let's name your passkey screen, type a name (this step is optional but we suggest naming it something meaningful to you)
select Next
select Done