HT5312 forgot login keychain password

I forgot login keychain password, how can I reset it ?

Open Keychain Access located in HD > Applicatiions > Utilities
From the Keychain Access menu bar top of your screen click Keychain Access > Preferences
Select the General tab then click:  Reset My Default Keychain
You may be prompted for your admin password.
Then restart your Mac.
Bookmark this link >  Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X  in case you need the instructions in the future.

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    Open Keychain Access located in HD > Applicatiions > Utilities
    From the Keychain Access menu bar top of your screen click Keychain Access > Preferences
    Select the General tab then click:  Reset My Default Keychain
    You may be prompted for your admin password.
    Then restart your Mac.
    Bookmark this link >  Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X  in case you need the instructions in the future.

  • Forgot my login keychain password

    Hi, i am a new mac user and i have stuffed things up a bit i think, I do not know what my login keychain password is. I changed my admin user name and password, and did not know about the whole key chain thing. Ever since i changed my admin info, it keeps asking me for my keychain. I tried to change my keychain password, but i dont know the original password that i started with so I cant seem to change it with out the original pw, which i have no idea what it is
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    Click here and follow the instructions.
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    This can be resolved by resetting your keychain.
    Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
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    There is no way to change a keychain password without the original password. The only option is to delete the keychain and start a new one. Use Keychain Access. (You could keep a back up of the old keychain file in case you remember the password some day.)

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  • I forgot my Keychain password and I can't log in or access my applications folder to change it

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    Mac OS X 10.6: Solving problems with keychains
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ph7296
    To check keychains for problems using Keychain First Aid:
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    Choose Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid.
    Enter your user name and password.
    Select Verify and click Start. Any problems found will be displayed.
    If there are problems, select Repair, and then click Start.
    If that does not resolve the issue, I would next reset your Keychain:
    In Keychain Access, choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu.
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    The next time you log in to the account, you can save your current password in a keychain.
    From: OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login           password
              http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1631
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    All the very best,
    Sterling

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  • Reset or recover "login" keychain password?

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    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
    I understand that it can be frustrating when you are prompted for the login keychain multiple times. I would suggest resetting the keychain as well. Please follow the steps in the attached article to complete this process.
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    If Reset My Default Keychain is not available, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu.
    Delete the "login" keychain.
    The next time you log in to the account, you can save your current password in a keychain.
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    Joe

  • TS1544 I forgot my Keychain Password. As I follow the steps, after clicking ""Reset to my default Keychain""a new window showing ""UNIX[Invalid argument]"". Give me a solution to reset my Keychain Password.

    I forgot my Keychain Password. As I follow the steps, after clicking ""Reset to my default Keychain""a new window showing ""UNIX[Invalid argument]"". Give me a solution to reset my Keychain Password.

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    Use your recovery partition so you can reset everything.(power up up holding the COMMAND R keys and restore OS X You can do a restoration and start from square one.
    Your profile does not disclose the version of OSX but from the forum you posted in I assume your are running 10.7 Lion, which is wnat a Mac uses.You have listed in your profile iOS and a iPhone, iOS is used for iPhones, iPads, iPods...mobile devices, and is quite different from OSX which is used by Mac computers.
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