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Apple won't use KeyChain for my iCloud password and I can't get it entered on my watch

Apple won't store my iCloud password. Does Apple not trust their own KeyChain? Make it long, make it complex, Apple will even suggest really good passwords ... but for iCloud I have to remember that really long, really complex password because Apple says "uh, uh" ... AND you can't paste in the password! Nope, got to remember the super secure password.


Oh, but it gets better. Now I have to draw each character on my watch! The WatchOS is really helpful ... "Nope, wrong password, dumb dumb, you can't pass a 1st grade penmanship class". Is there a GUIDE to drawing 1st grade letters so I can be clear if it is a capital O, a lower case o, or a zero? Yep, use long, complex password but avoid anything that looks like an O, or any other gatchas that Apple isn't going to tell me about, just "you failed".

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I don't remember if the Apple Watch 4 supports this, but did you try to type the Apple Account password on the keyboard on your iPhone?


Make sure that on your iPhone in Settings/Notifications/Apple Watch keyboard is enabled.

Then bring your iPhone near the Apple Watch. When the watch asks for the Apple Account password, you should get a message on your iPhone, asking, if you want to use the iOS keyboard to type the password and send it to the Apple Watch.


Back in the day, I installed the app "FlickType" on my old Series 5 to get the keyboard option.