Password Depot for ios

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1 Password Depot for ios

2 Table Of Contents First steps... 1 Creating a password file... 1 Creating new entries... 3 Adding entries / groups... 3 Copying or relocating entries / groups... 3 Deleting entries / groups... 3 Opening a password file... 4 Local... 4 Cloud... 4 Password Generator... 5 Auto completion of passwords... 6 Auto completion does not work?... 6 User interface... 7 Action Bar... 7 Overflow Menu... 8 Entry bar... 9 Context bar Settings Transferring your password files... 12

3 Password Depot user manual ios First steps Creating a password file 1. As soon as you open Password Depot you are able to choose between opening an existing password file and creating a new one. To create files please tap on Create a password file. 2. Select a storage location for your file. You can choose between the currently used device (ipad, iphone) and other storage locations like Dropbox or Google Drive. If you wish to save your file in one of the cloud services and are not logged in there yet you will have to do this first. 1

4 First steps 3. Enter a name for your password file. 4. Enter a strong master password for your password file and confirm this again by entering it in the field below. 5. Next you will have the opportunity to leave a master password hint that will help you remembering your password. 6. Go on Finish. NOTE: Please do not enter any information as a hint which could help a third person guessing your master password. It should merely serve you as a reminder for you only and nobody else! WARNING: If you forget your master password and did not enter a hint or your deposited hint does not help you remembering the password there will be no possibility to recover your password inside the file and you will have no access to your passwords anymore! So please make sure that you choose a strong password you can remember. 2

5 Password Depot user manual ios Creating new entries Adding entries / groups 1. Tap on. 2. Choose the element you wish to add. 3. Complete in the fields. Except for Description every field is optional. 4. Tap on to save the entry or on to discard it. Copying or relocating entries / groups 1. Click on the icon of an entry or group. 2. Choose the elements you wish to edit. 3. Tap on to copy the chosen elements and on to cut them out. 4. Open the group you wish to add your chosen elements to. 5. By tapping on you put the cut out or copied elements to the new location. Deleting entries / groups 1. Tap on an icon of the entry or group you would like to delete. 2. Choose the elements you wish to delete. 3. By tapping on the chosen elements will be deleted. 3

6 First steps Opening a password file Local 1. On the start screen tap on open a password file. Alternatively you can go on > Open File if a password file is already open but you wish to open another one. 2. Choose the register DEVICE. 3. Choose the password file you would like to open. 4. Enter the master password. 5. Tap on login. NOTE: If you enter a wrong master password the program is locked for a few seconds to protect your password file from hacker attacks. After a few seconds you can try again logging in. NOTE: Go on Hint in the top right corner to be able to seeing the hint you deposited by creating the file. Cloud 1. Click on open a password file on the start screen. Alternatively you can go on > Open File if a password file is already open but you wish to open another one. 2. Choose the cloud service where your file is located in the register menu. 3. Go on > Connect. 4. Enter the access data to your chosen cloud service. 5. Enter the master password of your password file. 6. Go on login. 4

7 Password Depot user manual ios Password Generator If you would like Password Depot to generate a safe and strong password for you, you can go on the pencil symbol and then click on Generate next to the entry field for password to change the password for an existing entry. Alternatively you can add a new entry and go there on Generate for creating a password for a new entry. 1. Choose the password s length and the characters it should contain. 2. Go on Generate. 3. Choose Copy to Clipboard if you wish your generated password to be copied in the clipboard. 4. By tapping on you can confirm you wish to use this password for your entry. To discard it tap. 5

8 Erste Schritte Auto completion of passwords 1. Choose a password entry from your list and go on. If the symbol is deactivated that means you have not deposited a URL for this entry. 2. Password Depot opens the URL in an internal browser. 3. By tapping on a new menu opens providing you with data that can be auto completed: Auto: Auto completes password and username Username: Auto completes only the user name *****: Auto completes only the password 4. Tap on Auto Auto completion does not work? In case the auto completion does not work with particular pages, please follow the upcoming instructions: 1. Tap on the user name field of the webpage. 2. Tap the user name in the Action Bar. 3. Tap on the password field of the webpage. 4. Tap on **** in the Action Bar. 6

9 Password Depot user manual ios User interface Action Bar The action bar is always displayed at the top edge of the screen. File name or the name of the opened group. Tap it to open the parent directory. Add a new enty Search file for an entry Additional menus and settings 7

10 User interface Overflow Menu To display additional menus, tap. In this menu you can create new password files and open or save existing ones. You can also create backups and open the settings. By tapping Change Password you are able to change the currently opened file s master password. If you tap Close File the current file is closed and you will have to reenter the master password to use it again. 8

11 Password Depot user manual ios Entry bar To display the entry bar you simply have to tap on an entry. This entry will be highlighted. To hide the bar again tap on the part of it that does not contain any icons. Copies the user name to the clipboard Copies the password to the clipboard Opens the entry for editing it If you entered a URL for the entry you can open it in an integrated browser by tapping this symbol Displays a summary of the entry 9

12 User interface Context bar To display the context bar tap the icon of an item. To hide the context bar again, tap. Press the icon of an element to select it Shows you if an element has been selected or not Cuts the selected items out and copies them to the clipboard Pastes items from the clipboard Opens the selected item to edit it Copies the selected items to the clipboard Deletes the selected items 10

13 Password Depot user manual ios Settings Tap > Settings. Tap to save the settings.. Tap > Restore to restore default settings. 11

14 Transferring your password files Transferring your password files Thanks to the new PSWD file format the transferring of your password files to your PC and vice versa is as easy as never before. Please follow the upcoming instructions: 1. Download the app from the AppStore and install it. 2. Launch itunes on your PC and log in. 3. Connect the iphone to the PC and go on the Apps tab on itunes. Scroll until you reach the file sharing section. 4. Select the Password Depot app. By clicking on add file you can add password files from your PC to the iphone. By clicking on save as you can save the password files from your mobile device on the PC. 12