I've lost my keychain password

I need to create a new keychain access password. Can't figure out how to do it. Seem to have lost keychain functions.
I'm mostly interested in Apple Mail accounts now.

Always keep an eye on 'More like this', the column to the right of your initial post. You will often find answers and direct leads to your questions there.
Here is a link to a typical question that may solve your problem. Check it out and let us know how you got on. What follows is an answer courtesy of BDAqua of sometime ago.
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Window Menu item.
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.

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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 window that opens, 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. Close the Terminal window to get it out of the way.
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 these instructions.

Lost my keychain passwords.

I just lost some of my keychain passwords.
My iPhone 5c is showing all of them but Macbook Air is only showing a few of them.
as a result autocomplete is not working on certain websites on mba.(passwords of these websites are stored on iPhone 5c but not on mba)
is there any way i can transfer the passwords from iPhone to MBA.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Lost my keychain password and cannot retrieve it from the keychain app.

After restarting my MacBook Pro I reset my computer password now it's asking for the keychain password which I forgot. I've tried everything including sending the keychain app to the trash (which it will not let me).

Typically it is your admin password, unless you reset your admin password. The keychain password does not change.
You can reset the keychain but you lose everything:
Keychain>New Keychain

I lost keychain password to my laptop

i have lost my keychain password for my ibook which I use infrequently Is there anyway I can reclaim?
thanks

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You will need to reset it. Check out this Apple Knowledge Base article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

I have lost my MAC OS 10.6.8 Keychain password AND my Master password...what can I do?

I have misplaced my MAC OS 10.6.8 Keychain passwords along with my Master password, can anyone help me resolve this?

That depends on what you consider a "resolution"... What are you trying to do, and why? How did this come to your attention?
Usually, your keychain password is the same as your account password. Note that if your account password is blank (contains zero characters), Keychain Access will refuse to allow you to unlock it, but generally applying a "proper" password to your account will resolve this (edit: depending on how you do it. At this stage I don't recommend any actions until you've clarified the situation).

Lost keychain password for my iCloud

Can I find my keychain password for my iMac if I've forgotten what it is?

Is that ID currently signed into iCloud? Settings>iCloud
Try resetting your iCloud PW.

Keychain passwords not recognised

Hi,
We have over a hundred 10.5 clients bound to open directory and active directory, OD for MCX management, AD for authentication.
When using various apps, particularly safari, a dialogue pops up asking for the keychain password, which would normally be the user's password unless manually changed?
However this does not work, so does anyone know if there is an issue using active directory passwords with the keychain?
It makes autofill etc unusable and confusing when users wonder why their passwords have not saved...
Thanks in advance, Thomas.

tw002 wrote:
I believe the login keychain is created when a new user account is created, not from a template, using the password chosen for the account. This is the case when creating a normal local account, but we are in a windows based environment, and before the inclusion of macs on the network, users already had network home folders. When the user first logged into a mac (which are using network home folders) os x created the 'system' folders in the home directory (documents, library, music etc). This is the point where a keychain is created, but I am unsure with what password.
Yes, it is not normally part of the template. But if it's there, it will be used.
I could reset the keychain by setting a login script to delete it, but when a user changes the AD password these changes are not mirrored to the login keychain. So the script would be required to be used whenever the password changes, the keychain must be reset, causing data to be lost.
No need to delete the keychain for a password change, just change the password for the login keychain. As long as they know their old password, this should work. You could also look into deploying "Keychain Minder" from afp548.com which is specifically for this purpose. It runs as a login item and will notify the user if the account password and keychain password don't match.

I've forgotten my keychain password, what now?

I'm using a 2009 macbook air, and have had problems recently as I cant remember my keychain password.
I can use the device under normal conditions, but occasionally I am prompted to enter the login keychain pw, but when I try what I thought was it it's rejected. Any suggestion greatfully received, thanks.

I thought so too, but Im using the admion pw without success.
I can operate on my main account, but when I try to log into secondary accounts (for work, volunteer groups, etc) the keychain window pops up repeatedly asking for the keychain pw.
I dont recall changing the pw at any time, but I may have done so.
I have tried the option of creatinga new keychain pw, but the same thing happens.
I'm lost.

I lost my admin password and the installation discs. How can I reset my admin password ?

I lost my admin password and the installation discs. How can I reset my admin password ?

OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
Reset Password
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse to the menubar at the top and click "Utilities", then select "Terminal"
from the drop down.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box under “Select user account”.
Enter a new password.
Reenter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
Click  in the menubar and select Restart.
Log in.
If Keychain dialog box appears, select “Create New Keychain”.

Is there a way to reset keychain passwords from server.app?

We have a Lion server and a number of Macs that authenticate with the server through open directory. On occasion users have forgotten passwords, and so I've reset them from server.app. I've tried both getting them to enter their password on the server, or setting their password to "password" with reset at next login set, but both methods result in an issue whenever the user logs in where they're prompted to create a new keychain or use their old one (which is not possible because they have forgotten the password to unlock it). This is frustrating for me and users.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it is supposed to work? It'd be a real pity if the latter was true, and would go against the idea that "it just works" on the Mac.

That's the way it works. Due to the nature of a Keychain, and what is potentially stored in it, once a password is forgotten you need to use a new Keychain and all data within is "lost". If there were a way to reset the Keychain password then you can grab anyone's Keychain, insert it into another account and then use the reset password to get all of the data out of it… at which point there's little point to password protecting it at all.

Keychain password questions

I've gotten used to most of OS X since my slow, late conversion to it two years ago, but its security arrangements still drive me nuts. I don't need them. I have no security concerns about my Powerbook. No master password is set on it. I'm the only user, except on occasions when I set up a new user for test purposes and then delete it. I know the admin password for my usual account, obviously, though I've set the PB up to log me in automatically on startup.
But somehow I've lost track of the password for my keychain(s), which I thought was the same password. I don't really understand what a keychain is, to be honest, and whenever I'm prompted to enter my password for it, I have to cancel out of the dialog box because nothing I can think of to enter is correct. I live in dread that one of these days I'm going to have to know that darn password. So, these questions:
1. Can I set a new password for a keychain without knowing the old one?
2. If not, can I delete a keychain completely without knowing the password, and what am I likely to lose if I do so?
(I regret to say that I find the online Mac Help's information on keychains almost completely opaque. Maybe it's just my anxiety getting in the way.)
3. When I open Keychain Access and click "Show Keychains", two keychains appear: one with my username, which contains three certificates, three application passwords and an internet password; and another called system, which contains only my Airport network password. I've successfully deleted two or three entries that were outdated and superfluous from my user-account keychain, but I have no idea how much trouble I'd be in if I deleted all the rest. To add to my confusion, I get prompted for my admin password when I want to delete things from the keychain — not my keychain password. Can anybody point me toward a clear, cogent explanation of keychains and how to get them under my control instead of being at their mercy? Many thanks...

Here are some references that may help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106973
Reset Keychain Password: Assuming that you are using a recent build of OS X, go to /Applications/Utilities and launch the app called Keychain Access. Go to the Window pulldown menu and select "Keychain First Aid". Enter your password, set the radio button to "Repair", and click "Start".
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 a root user account, as detailed in Knowledge Base article #106290 (briefly: open NetInfo Manager, located in Applications/Utilities, click the lock and enter the administrator password, then select "Enable Root User" from the Security menu and follow on-screen instructions).
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.
MacFixIt reader Faisal writes:
"I believe the problem may be related to Keychain sync overwriting or mangling the .Mac information in the Keychain. By disabling Keychain sync I seem to be able to sync again without issue."
A keychain is simply a secured database in which you can store userids and passwords securely. OS X integrates most applications to the Keychain so that when a userid and/or password is requested the Keychain fills in the information automatically unless you've elected otherwise. This is especially useful when accessing secure web sites so you don't have to remember every username and password you've assigned.
When you create a new account a new keychain file is created for that account. The account password is the default password used for the keychain so when you log into the account the associated keychain is opened automatically.

How do I recover keychain passwords?

My PB hardrive crashed, but I managed o copy my "Macintosh HD" to an external drive.
Now I'm re installing all my software and I realized I lost all my passwords.
Is there a way to recover them using keychain?
I tried to open the keychain application on my FW drive but it won't open.
I would really appreciate the help.
Thanks in advance!

Neither password can be recovered, but you can reset or change them.
Changing or resetting an account password (Lion):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274
Scroll down to Resetting the original administrator account password. Try the procedure under reset your user password with your Apple ID.
If that does not work for whatever reason you can also use the following technique:
Restart your Mac while holding down the ⌘ and R keys at the same time until you see the Lion Recovery screen.
From the menu bar at the top, select Utilities > Terminal.
In the Terminal window type resetpassword and press Enter. A window will open behind Terminal that looks like this
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD" in the above screenshot), choose your user account from the dropdown selection, enter a new password, complete the password hint field, and click Save.
You may then see a confirmation dialog explaining how this change affects Keychain Access and what to do about it. Remember it or write it down, then click OK.
Quit Reset Password
Quit Terminal
Quit OS X Utilities and restart your Mac.
To fix your Keychain problems, go to your Utilities folder and open Keychain Access. Follow the steps here: Mac OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password.
As it says, if you do not remember your original login or keychain password, your only alternative is to delete the Keychain. Not a big deal, you just have to remember or recreate all the passwords you used for websites that require them.

Lost my mac password

I cannot install new software because I have forgotten my macbook pro password. i can't find a "lost password" feature. any help?
thx very much

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 by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
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

Keychain passwords missing

Hi,
I've lost all of my keychain passwords (not sure how) and keychain won't remember any new ones:
"There was a problem saving to your keychain. Please try again or use Keychain Access to verify your keychain. Error: -25293."
I've tried Keychain firstaid and restarted the computer. But no luck.
Thanks
Rob

I think you've probably renamed your home directory.
You cannot do this, OS X will create the directory again and start filling it with default preferences. The renamed directory will be ignored.
If this is the case then trash the newly created directory and immediately rename your directory back to the original.
Then log out and in again and empty the trash.

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