How do I retrieve my keychain password?

My MacBook forced me to make a OS update, so it shut down and restarted. After the new installation had been made, it asked me to log in. I thought it needed my Apple ID and password, but it was the OS log in and password. I did not know the password so then it asked if I wanted to creat a password keychain.
Any help how I can retrieve the OS password or keychain password?
I just keep getting dialogue boxes that I am blocked from because I don't know the password.

If you are being coninutally prompted to enter the local items keychain password, this might correct it: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362.

Similar Messages

I had to restart my mac and couldn't remember my password and had to create a new keychain, help?? i just want to stop all these pop up screens coming up now, how do i retrieve my original password?

i had to restart my mac and couldn't remember my password and had to create a new keychain, help?? i just want to stop all these pop up screens coming up now, how do i retrieve my original password?

I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying? Have you gained access to your mac, but getting pop-ups about your old password? If you have access, you could always copy important files and reinstall OS X from scratch. Also you could use the Mac as an external hard drive if you have another Mac doing the same. Those are probably the easiests ways. If it was easy to just go ahead and change passwords as so, security would be an issue. How is your computer locked? Is it a filevault password, or how much do you have access?

How can I retrieve a forgotten password for my home wi-fi network?

I have a wi-fi network at home for my iMac, printer, phone and two iPads. On trying to connect a new device I discovered that the password I thought was correct will not work. How can I retrieve the correct password from one of the devices already on the network? If I cannot to that, how can I change the network password for all the devices?

Hi ...
Open Keychain Access located in HD > Applications > Utilities
Select Passwords on the left.
Type Wi-Fi (or the name of your Wi-Fi network0 in the search field top right corner of the Keychain Access window.
Then right or control click that keychain then click Get Info then selec the Attributes tab then click: Show password
You may need to entier your admin password to proceed.

How can I retrieve a lost password from my computer necessary to install Adobe flash player

How can I retrieve a lost password from my computer necessary to install Adobe flash player

Forgot Your Account Password
For Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.
     Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow
     instructions in the dialog window that will appear.
     Or see:
       Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password
       OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password,
       OS X Mavericks- Solve password problems,
       OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD
     Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password,
     OS X- Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier).
For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
    How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself
    Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD — Tech News and Analysis
    How To Create A New Administrator Account - Hack Mac

How do I change my keychain password on my iMac?

Currently my login password and my keychain password are the same in OSX 10.9.1. For additional security, how do I change my keychain password so that it is different from my login password?

don't think that's possible your login if you are administrator on the computer is what goes in the keychain too
if you want to give access to people to the computer whom you do not trust with the keychain access then you should consider making user accounts for them with the rights you choose

HT204053 How can I retrieve my iCloud password? It's not working with the apple id password.

I had to reset my apple I'd password yesterday & now my iCloud is not logging in. I tried using both my old apple I'd password & the new one that I just reset. Neither work. How can I retrieve my iCloud password?

In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.

How do I retrieve a forgotten password for my encrypted backup?

Ive set a password for my backups on iTunes 10.2.2. and I have forgotten it! There is no "Forgot your password" button anywhere!! How do I get past this crap???!!!

I'm sorry you forgot your password, and have to recreate a backup of your phone.
But encrypted files, and passwords are your responsibility to save.
Hammeredd wrote:
What idiot came up with a password system which has no failsafe?
There are plenty of systems that do not have failsafe for lost passwords.
My Visa and bank cards do not have a "failsafe" pin number.
Encrypted folders, disk images e.t.c do not have failsafe passwords.
What the encrypted back up does is encrypt your data using a key (the "password") that you supply.
In order to have a "fail safe" as you put it, the key would have to be saved somewhere else.
This then it would have to be stored on your computer.
But would you need it also protected? Yes, otherwise it is a useless password.
They could put it in your keychain, which has a password to protect it.
But what if you forget keychain password?
Where should Apple put a failsafe copy of your keychain password?
How about in another encrypted file, with a password.... what if you forget that password?
This could go on forever.
...every other system we use has a facility to either email your password to you or have you answer a number of security questions to change it.
Are you suggesting that Apple store all encrypted file passwords on their servers?
I am sure then there would be an uproar over Apple being "Big Brother".
no security system is worth losing all your information, this must be a mistake.
No mistake. This is normal practice.
There is also an option to delete your iPhone if the wrong passcode is put in 10 times.
I have that.
If someone tries to get into my phone I would rather have all the data deleted.
But then I back up data, and save passwords.
THERE MUST BE A WAY OF RECOVERING THIS BACKUP INFORMATION!!!!
There is not. The data is encrypted.
That's the point, no one can get it; unless they apply and very complicated decryption system and spend a lot of time on it (like the CIA)
otherwise my intention to buy my partner an iphone has just bit the dust. And this one will be going as well.
So because you made a mistake in not reading, and not saving your password?
There is a clear warning when you choose to encrypt your backup.
This really is a case of you not taking responsibility for your own mistake.
You made a mistake.
Now step up and accept it; and don't make it again.
What you can do in future is create a "note" in your keychain and save your passwords there if you are prone to losing passwords.

HT4314 I have forgotten my game center passowrd. I have my Apple-ID and password and I have my game center user name -- how to I retrieve my forgotten password?

Hi,
I forgot my game center password. I have everything else (APPLE-ID, game center user name...) but can't login because I forgot the GC password.
How do I retrieve it or reset it?
Thanks!
RB

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4314 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1911

How do I retrieve bookmarks and passwords from a Windows backup, after OS re-install?I have a full Windows backup of my machine, pre re-installl

I had to reinstall Vista 7 OS. I have a full Windows backup of my machine, prior to the re-installation. How do I retrieve the bookmarks and passwords from the backup? I understand they're stored in various files a ".default" folder in C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\mozilla\firefox\profiles. When I try restoring the folder, the files get skipped... When I try browsing for the individual files, I don't see them!

Many thanks for your responses... After a little scouting on the web, I have found THE solution... This is all due to the way Windows 7 Backup works, and will NOT let restore apps...
("File restore in Windows7 is not designed to restore back applications. This is because the application state is spread across potentially multiple folders, files & registry. Windows7 file backup is not aware of where all the state is spread to be able to restore the entire application accurately as such information is internal to the application. Restoring application partially might corrupt the application and render the application unusable. So we do not allow restoring applications from file backup.
In case files under C:\Program Files etc. are chosen for restoring, we block restoring files from backup to such locations as it might cause the applications to not function.'')
What one has to do when restoring is to NOT attempt to restore to the original location, but to select the radio button which allows you to type a path where you want the files restored and type in the path of the original location!!! Then select copy and replace...A little quirky (and tedious), but it works!

HT1689 How can I retrieve/change iPOD password after not using it for a year and not remembering it? (Actual device, not Apple ID)

Been in Afghanistan for the past year, can't remember the password I put on the iPOD touch before I left. Tried all I thought it could be. Does anyone know how I can retrieve the password? Or, who I can contact to unlock it so I can either use the old one or change it if they can't figure out what it was? Thanks.

Thanks roaminggnome...
I am currently in demobilization and have no manual...is there someone I can look that up on the web? Thanks.

Upgraded from 10.5.x to 10.6.x - How do I transfer my keychain passwords?

So I recently made the upgrade from leopard to snow leopard and took this opportunity to move off the factory installed 250 gb HD and into one of the 500 gb HDs I bought separately as an expansion. This route was actually pretty good because I could visit my old Macintosh HD and see which applications I wanted to reinstall in a "clean install" environment. The problem is that I would like to transfer my keychain passwords over to my new OS/HD but I don't know where keychain pull's it's database from. I tried rebooting into my old OS so that I could go into keychain and export the data but my computer freezes when trying to load OSX 10.5.x. I can see the old Keychain access application, but when I open it, it opens up with no password data at all so I am assuming that the actual password data is stored in a file in the library file structure or something. Anyways, I have full access to my old files so what I would really like to know is how do I get my old passwords back? Is there a file somewhere in the systems or library directory that I could copy/paste into the new systems of library directory?

Found it. Username > Library > Keychains

TS3988 how can I retrieve my icloud password?

please help me on how can I get my icloud password. because everytime I try signing its saying that username and password do not match. thank u.

Try...
iForgot.com

TS1702 How do I retrieve my restricted password? I cannot remember it on my daughter's Ipod

How Do I retreive a restricted password? I cannot remember it on my daughter's ipod touch

Forgotten RESTRICTIONS Passcode
- Restore from a backup that was make before you added the Restrictions passcode. If you restore from a backup made with the Restrictions passcode the Restrictions passcode is also restored. Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode if necessary to allow the restore.
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
- If you are up to file manipulation see the following but it may not work for iOS 6.1.3 or iOS 7
How to reset forgotten Restrictions...: Apple Support Communities
- How to Recover Restrictions Forgotten iPhone Restrictions Passcode | The iPhone and iPad Blog

How can I retrieve my user password for imac

Just bought an imac. My password won't work and I can't access my computer how can I change my password or retrieve the old one?

You can use your Apple ID to rest your admin password > OS X: Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password

My granddaughter's Ipod Touch is disabled due to too many attempts to enter her password. How can she retrieve her her password and get her ipod touch restored?

My granddaughter's Ipod Touch is disabled due to too many attempts at entering her password. How can she get her Ipod enabled and retrieve her password which she has forgotten?

Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

How do I retrieve my keychain password?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for