HomePass for HomeKit App REVIEW | MacSources

Keep your codes safe.

My smart home journey began around 10 years ago when I started adding Philips Hue lights to my home. At that time, I had to control it all through the Hue app because HomeKit wasn’t available yet. In 2014, when HomeKit was first launched, I had already amassed many smart devices including the aforementioned Philips Hue lights. I had to spend time inputting all the data from the individual HomeKit codes into the Home app.

Today, I have more than 45 HomeKit devices. On more than one occasion, I’ve had to reset my Home app to its default settings, and therefore, I’ve had to add each smart device back into the app. This means I had to seek out their individual codes, which is a painstakingly long process. Fortunately, I recently started working with HomePass for HomeKit, a code storage and backup app that helps you to keep your HomeKit codes in one place. This app has taken a lot of the frustration out of the HomeKit set-up and reset process.

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HomePass makes it possible for you to get rid of notes, boxes, and random stickers that indicate what your HomeKit codes for various devices are. The app allows you to store all of your HomeKit device codes on your iPhone or iPad. Users have the option to backup the HomeKit codes in iCloud. Once the data is…