Keeps asking for my "local items" keychain
Okay, this is getting nuts. Ever since I added icloud keychain to my iPhone, my mac has been incessantly asking for the "local items" password for every stinking native app I run. I mean, KEYCHAIN wants access to my local items keychain? I mean, COME ON!
On average, I have to type the stupid password in about once every ten minutes. Mail, Messages, Keychain, Safari, back to Keychain. Well, how nice, iTunes doesn't want to be left out. Okay, Safari, didn't we just have this discussion?
I have permanently unlocked the "login" keychain, and told it to never lock again (so, at least I'm not getting those anymore). Where in the world is the "local items" keychain, and why does it CONSTANTLY want to be unlocked?
PS> adding insult to injury: CalendarAgent wants to use the (already unlocked) "login" keychain. Yes, repair keychain says there aren't any problems. I have also manually locked and unlocked the "login" keychain. DIsk Utility's repair permissions also comes back clean.
Hi,
I now have the Login keychain and the Local Items you talk about.
The Login keychain uses the User Login password to unlock when I start up the Mac and login.
From what I can tell my Local Items Keychain uses the same password.
However it seems the Login one is the default and right clicking it in the list in Keychain Access is the only one I can change the Password for.
It seems I may be able to make the Local Items the default Keychain.
However I also know that I have move some items from the Local Items to the Login keychain such as AIM accounts so that they work in Messages.
9:11 pm Tuesday; December 24, 2013
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
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There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
Follow the directions in this support article.
Step 2
Launch the Keychain Access 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.
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If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
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Step 3
Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.
Step 4
Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:
☞ Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
☞ Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
You can then close the folder.
Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose
Delete References
when prompted, not Delete References & Files.
Select
File ▹ Add Keychain...
from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file now named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.
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There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
Follow the directions in this support article.
Step 2
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Step 3
Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:
Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
You can then close the folder.
Launch the Keychain Access 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.
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Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
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After Installing the first boot went smooth but the mac after booting asked me to reboot again.
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