Here’s another work-around:
- Edit a login item.
- Create 6 custom fields of the Hidden type; if you have existing custom fields that are of the Hidden type, make sure that the 6 new fields are last in the list of custom fields.
- Give these 6 custom fields identical names.
- Give the 6 custom fields values that are unique (e.g.,
1,2,3,4,5, and6). - Save the item.
- Open the login item for editing again, but make no changes.
- Save the item again.
Now, the password history will be effectively disabled, because it will always display the values given to the last 5 of the 6 hidden fields (e.g., 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). Thus, the previous passwords will not be captured in the history anymore.