Key chain alert won't go away
I recently bought a new imac and gave my old imac (2007) to my wife. She was thrilled to get off the PC until she started getting keychain alerts to type in
the keychain password. Now she is not so thrilled and wants me to get rid of the alert. I have never used keychain on this computer hence no password.
When I do a restart the alert is not there until I try to open something that keychain thinks I need it for, then it pops up and I have clicked cancel umpteen
times and it just keeps coming back. Right now I have the alert window stuck as far off the screen as I can drag it. This is a pretty lame work-around but
I can't seem to find anyone with a solution. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Marv
Hi Marv,
See if this helps...
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Keychain Menu item, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.
Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
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.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
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