Changing or Deleting Keychain Password.

Hey eMac Users,
Do you know how I go about changing my Keychain Password? Or hey, how do I totally get rid of it all together? Please give me some advice. THANKS.
Sincerely,
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Los Angeles

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Cannot change "Local Items" keychain password, menu is greyed out

I have a Macosx linked to ActiveDirectory. Recently I had to change my AD password, which went fine, apart from the "Local Items" keychain. This keychain kept the old password.
So everytime I login I get a few popups for different applications requesting the password for "Local Items". I have to enter the old password a number of times.
If I go into Keychain Access, I can unlock this keychain. But I can't reset the password because the menu Edition \ Modify the password is greyed out.
Does anybody know how I can change this password?
iCloud is disabled on this iMac, and Repairing the keychain didn't find any problem.

This is an easy fix. i called apple and they fixed it. Go to finder, then GO tab and click the option near command on keyboard and a link library will pop up in list and then click library, scroll to find keychain and put it on your desktop and restart computer. You only have to log in one time and then delete keychain off desktop. something happened w maverick and it corrupted the file.

How do I reset or change all the keychain passwords?

Is there away to change all of them?

If there is a way to change them all at once would be nice. I've tried using the keychain access app and that just confused me even more.
The reason I'm changing the password is I updated to Leopard and now the systme is asking for a keychain password for whatever I try to do?

Trying to delete keychain password for airport

when i delete both the passwords for my airport, the basestation one and the network one it still doesnt ask me for my password when i log in to my wireless network anyone know why

Storing the password on the computer does not increase the inherent safety of your network other than allowing access through your computer. If you are worrying about idle hands on your computer, you should either log out of your account, or put a password on your screen saver.

TS1544 Changing system keychain password

I've changed my login password in my keychain - to something more secure than the password hurriedly set up at purchase.. I am unable to change the system keychain password to match my new administrator/login keychain password. I have an admin account and my own user account, both with administrator privelages. Any ideas?

Thanks baltwo
To clarify, I only have one admin account, just changed the login keychain password and account password to be something more secure.
Does this mean I have to delete/remove the admin user account to delete the sytem.keychain? or can I delete the system keychain only without having to rebuild a new account....If the latter, do I just find the MacintoshHD/Library/Keychains/system.keychain and delete? I can't imagine it's that simple.

Keychain password request on login

When I log in (admin account) I am asked for my keychain password. I'm not sure why?
When I enter my password (my login password) I am told that iti is invalid. I looked in the Help (a bit!) and it said the keychain password was the same as the Login password. If that's not the case, which password would it be as I haven't set any others up. Have I??
iBook 1.42Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Your keychain password is usually the same as your login password, but it doesn't have to be. You can manually set the keychain password to be different, or in some situations it can become "out of sync".
Have you perhaps had to reset your password by booting from the install CD? Or have you logged in to another admin account and then used Sys.Prefs to change the password of the account that now has the problem?
In either of the above cases the login password will be changed but the keychain password will not. In those cases the keychain password will still be the original password it had before the change. So you might try using a previous password when prompted by the keychain to see if it works.
If you can discover the keychain password, then you can use Keychain Access to change it's password to match your login password. Then it will unlock automatically when you login and you'll stop getting prompted.
I suppose it's also possible that the keychain password may have become corrupt in some way. If this is the case you may be out of luck.
If you can't get the keychain unlocked after attempting any previous passwords, then you'll likely have to simply delete the keychain and let the system create a new one (which will be created with your login password).
In your home folder, go to ~/Library/Keychains and drag "login.keychain" out of the folder. Then logoff and log back in. This should create a new empty keychain for you and it should be "in sync" with your login password.
Steve

TS3988 what is a keychain password?

I keep getting asked about a keychain password to set-up an iCloud account. What is it?

Normally, it is the same as the password you used to log in to your Mac. If you changed it, the Keychain password could be different.
To synchronize the two, do the following:
Open Keychain Access (you can get to it by choosing Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder).
From the Edit menu, choose Change Password for Keychain "login."
Type the former password of the account that you are currently logged in to, then click OK.
If you entered the correct password, a new window appears; enter the original password again in the Current Password field.
In the New Password field, type the password that matches your current account password.
Re-enter the newer password in the Verify field, then click OK.
Read: Mac OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password

Cannot change or delete local items keychain

Hopefully someone here can help me.
I forgot my main password to get into my MacBook Pro. I'm running Mavericks. I did the restart/holding down option key. I used terminal to get in to change the password. However, the Local Items keychain has remained locked. When I try to delete it from the file menu in Keychain Access, that option is grayed out. I have no idea what the keychain password could be for Local Items. I tried to create a new keychain for Local Items, thinking it would then allow me to delete the old one. That did not work. I tried reboot. I tried rebooting and changing the main password again. The apple technician on help chat told me that rebooting and changing the main password would fix everything, but it didn't.
Now I can't access e-mail. For some reason my Office for Mac programs won't run at all.

Follow these steps
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Note: This article is about the "Local Items" keychain, not the "Login" keychain. Please see this article for issues with "Login" keychain password.
Follow these steps to prevent prompts to unlock the Local Items keychain.
In Finder Select Go > Go to folder… (⇧⌘G)
In the window that appears, type the following:~/Library/Keychains/
Click OK.
Look for a folder with a name similar to this "A8F5E7B8-CEC1-4479-A7DF-F23CB076C8B8".
Note: Each folder has a unique number.
Move this folder to the Trash.
Immediately choose Apple Menu () > Restart… to restart your Mac.
After restarting the computer, a new folder is created in the Keychains folder with a name similar to "4B29A0BB-599D-47FC-A2D1-42B5592B130B". There is no need to repeat the steps in this article, or to delete this folder. The new folder is expected and corrects the symptom described in this article.

Keep getting Keychain password changed alert after removing password

I Keep getting a "Keychain password changed" alert after removing a user account password my mother applied to the account and then forgot. How do I keep this message from continuing to appear?
I am not really sure how the keychain system works as I have never used it on my own Mac.

keychain is where you store the passwords you use on various websites, in mail and other apps. I suspect you use it too. but it's normally quite unobtrusive.
by default the password to unlock the keychain is the same as the account password. but this does not have to be and you can change it. when you reset the account password the keychain password was not reset. unless you can recall the old account password the old keychain is of no use to you. go to the folder homedirectory/library/keychains and delete the file login.keychain (or move it somewhere else). then log out/in. a new empty keychain will be created with the password the same as the new account password and you can start saving passwords in that.

Keychain password change

I think my girlfriend changed my password to keychain access. it used to be the same as my login. now mail, safari, etc. apps ask for a keychain password but when i use my login password it says invalid. How can i change my keychain password back?

You can try this:
Tutorial: Keychain issues; resolving
If you can't access your keychain, or forget your password If you can't get into your keychain file because you've forgotten your password or the keychain file appears to be corrupt, there are a couple of options.
First, if you've forgotten your password, you can use the "Keychain First Aid" utility to make the keychain password the same as the login password.
This can be accomplished via the following process:
Open Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities
Go to the "Keychain Access" menu and select "Preferences"
Click the "First Aid" tab
Make sure the "Synchronize login keychain password" box is checked
Close the Preferences window
Go to the "Keychain Access" menu and select "Keychain First Aid"
Enter your username and password
Click the "Repair" button
Another option is to completely delete your keychain then recreate it. This routine is useful if your keychain appears to be corrupt or otherwise inaccessible.
This can be accomplished as follows:
Launch Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities)
Click "Show Keychains" in the lower-left corner of the window.
Select the problematic keychain from the left-hand pane.
Navigate to the "File" menu and select "Delete Keychain '(name of keychain)'"
Check all options for deletion and press "OK"
Create a new keychain by going to the "File" menu, then "New" and selecting "New Keychain"
You can now make this keychain your default if you desire by selecting it, then going to the "File" menu and selecting "Make '(name of keychain)' Default"
Login as root and perform repair In some cases, problems with keychains can only be resolved when logged in as the root user.
First, enable root user.
After enabling the root user, and logging in under this account, again open Keychain Access. First attempt repairs using Keychain First Aid, and failing that, delete then recreate the keychain as described above while logged in as root.
Persistently asked for stored passwords If you are persistently asked for passwords in various applications that you have specified should be remembered in a keychain, your "login" keychain may not be active for one reason or another.
Navigate to ~/Library/Keychains/ (this is the Library folder inside your user home folder). Find the file named "login.keychain" and double-click it.
Failing that, select the "login" keychain within the Keychain Access application and make sure it is the default keychain by going to the "File" menu and selecting "Make 'Login' Default"
Turn off Keychain synchronization in applications having problems If specific applications are experiencing issues when accessing password-protected material, Keychain may be to blame.
For example, it appears that in some cases, failures in .Mac synchronization transfers are linked to issues with Keychain.
If you are having problems synchronizing data with .Mac servers, you may want to try the following process:
Open System Preferences and access the .Mac pane
Click the "Sync" tab
Uncheck the "Synchronize with .Mac" checkbox
Close System Preferences
Re-open System Preferences and repeat steps 1 and 2
Re-check the "Synchronize with .Mac" checkbox
If the above process does not re-allow synchronization, you may need to leave Keychain synchronization turned off in the "Sync" tab of the .Mac System Preferences pane.
The above comes from an article published on MacFixit.com.

Changed my AppleID and password - now can't log-in to iCloud with my deleted account. It does not accept my passwords - old or new. I cannot delete my old iCloud on phone

iPhone 5S on iOS7 -
I changed my AppleID and password online.
My iPhone keeps prompting me to log-in to iCloud with my deleted account. It does not accept my passwords - old or new. I cannot delete my old iCloud account because it requires that I enter

Hi suefrombenton,
Please see this previous discussion on how to change an Apple ID on an iOS device -
How do I change my Apple ID on my iPad? | Apple Support Communities
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4431720
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

I recently changed my MacBook Pro password, and now I don't remember it. Is there anyway to gain access to my mac without reinstalling or deleting everything that's on it? I don't have the disk that came with it either.

Hi. I recently changed my MacBook Pro password, and now I don't recall what it is. My hope is that I can somehow gain access without deleting everything currently on it. I do not have the MAC disk that it came with. Is there something I can do myself? Should I take it to the MAC store? Thanks in advance for your help.

It helps with this kind of question to state which system version you are using on the computer as the answer will vary.
Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274 - resetting password on regular and administrator accounts if you have the installer disc (OSX 10.1-10.6.8) or AppleID (OSX 10.7-10.8) [Of course Apple has changed this document since I asaved the link so it is no longer useful for newer system versions. ]
Reset administrator password in Lion - https://discussions.apple.com/message/16460076
Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password - http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/
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TS1544 I am the administrator of my MacBook Pro, which I share with my kids. One of them forgot his password, so as the admin I changed it for his account, but when I try to see his account, it says I need to provide the keychain password. How can i get

I am the administrator of my MacBook Pro, which I share with my kids. One of them forgot his password, so as the admin I changed it for his account, but when I try to see his account, it says I need to provide the keychain password. How can i get it? I have no idea how to sort this out...

First, make sure caps lock is not on.
You must back up all data before continuing, unless you've already done so. If you need to back up but can't log in, ask for instructions.
If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know the Apple ID password, then maybe the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
Otherwise*, boot into Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but your Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it.
*Note: If you've activated FileVault, this procedure doesn't apply. Follow instead the instructions on this page:
If you forget the password and FileVault is on

Can't change macbook keychain password , 'invalid entry'

I can't change macbook keychain password ,I get a notice 'invalid entry'. I have changed the password on my login account and was trying to change the keychain login password. Any suggestions?

Hi,
One of our users has iMac, 10.6.8.
She has not got any local account.
She logs on to AD domain, with domain ID
When after 40 days or so she is asked the change the password; it does not work.
If we change it for here through AD or through another Windows PC, it works.
Could you please let me know the best course of action for this type of users who are not administrators of iMac?
I tested by changing my account's PAssword and it worked( I have administrative role).
Kind regards

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When I right-click on a file to "Move to Trash", I get the following message:
"Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this."
It then deletes the file bypassing the Trash basket.

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/20499360#20499360
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