Keychain and 1password questions

Can someone give me a basic rundown of what the Keychain is and how I am supposed to use it?
Also, I use 1password and it requires me to put in my password every time. It gives me the option to remember the PW in the keychain, but when I select that it gives me a serious sounding warning that basically says it is not safe to do it the keychain is not properly secured which by default it is not. How do I secure it so I can safely save my 1password PW?

Keychain and 1Password are similar beasts. In fact 1Password uses a separate keychain file to store its passwords. The difference is that 1Password integrates very will with most web browsers available on the Mac.
The reason 1Password gives you that warning is because by default your default keychain is unlocked when you login to your Mac. And since a lot of people do not even password protect their Macs when the screen saver runs or when waking from sleep, and allow their Macs to automatically log them in when they boot up, that means anyone that can get their hands on your Mac will have access to ALL your passwords in both your keychain AND 1Password.
It is possible to use Applications -> Utilities -> Keychain Access -> Edit -> Change Settings for Keychain "Login".
Of course changing those settings will most likely result in Keychain asking for your password when 1Password wants access to it, instead of 1Password
So if you trust that no one will ever get their hands on your Mac, then allowing 1Password put its password into Keychain will stop the constant password requests. It is your Mac and your information you are trying to protect.
The main advantage of 1Password is that you only need to remember 1 password instead of several dozen passwords for each web site, or worse using the same single password for every site, so that if some figures out the password to one site would give them access to all your sites. At least with 1Password you can use strong passwords for your web sites and only memorize the password for 1Password.

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Keychain and certificate questions

I hate to admit being less well-versed in the Keychain than I ought to be, but I just don't usually pay it much attention. I don't trust it with any of my really important passwords, but not for any real reason other than that I don't know enough to know how safe it is.
I just got a couple certificates for a couple e-mail addresses through Thawte, and now find myself with several questions:
• How secure is the keychain that unlocks at login? Assuming that I have logged out, is there any way for someone who steals my laptop to get access to the stuff in that keychain? I would hope that resetting the account password would not also reset the keychain password!
• In Keychain Access, I see two public keys, both simply titled "Key from www.thawte.com", with no other identifying information. The private keys are similarly titled, but seem to have an association with the certificate that has the e-mail address as its name. How can I tell which public key goes with which private key?
• If I want to distribute my public keys to colleagues, on a web site or via e-mail, how do I do that? It looks like I can export to a .pem file (the other options are grayed out) which contains an RSA Public Key block. Do I just e-mail/upload that file, or the text, or what?
Thanks in advance for the help!

• How secure is the keychain that unlocks at login? Assuming that I have logged out, is there any way for someone who steals my laptop to get access to the stuff in that keychain?
They can go to the sites or services tied to a keychain entry, and if you have Safari set to remember usernames and passwords, they will fill in. You can show the password from keychain access, but you must enter the password to see the individual passwords, unless you set it to Always Allow when you look at it.
I would hope that resetting the account password would not also reset the keychain password!
It doesn't.
• In Keychain Access, I see two public keys, both simply titled "Key from www.thawte.com", with no other identifying information. The private keys are similarly titled, but seem to have an association with the certificate that has the e-mail address as its name. How can I tell which public key goes with which private key?
I'm not sure on that one.
• If I want to distribute my public keys to colleagues, on a web site or via e-mail, how do I do that? It looks like I can export to a .pem file (the other options are grayed out) which contains an RSA Public Key block. Do I just e-mail/upload that file, or the text, or what?
If you sign an email, it will send the public key with the email.

Using iCloud as iDisk, and other questions . . .

Friends,
I am used to keeping my iDisk on the desktop of all my computers, so with one quick click I can get to all my stored documents. I travel a lot and keep all my work documents on the iDisk.
The iDisk icon still shows on my 27" iMac, but no longer shows on my macbook (both running Lion).
I know that Apple wants everyone to move to iCloud (and I still don't know what the difference is--what features iCloud has over Mobile Me), but here's what I want to do . . . can anyone help?
1. Keep my iCloud drive on my desktop just like I do with iDisk.
2. Still have access to "gallery" so I can host photos. As I understand it, this feature is going away with iCloud. True?
3. I am using iCloud on all my devices (at least it's on all my devices, turned on), but the MacBook isn't syncing. So, if I remove bookmarks on my iMac, the MacBook isn't getting them.
4. *** does iCloud offer me (of value) over MM?
Thanks.

Here to answer questions.....I thought WC was longer with us....good answer.
I agree MM had the features I really liked (am was a very long time .mac member). iCloud will only get better at least that's my dream. I don't miss iDisk but certainly miss keychain and mail preferences sync. I hate the thought of making a new encrypted spare image then saving the keychain on my other computers.
Just wait...............................I think iCloud will evolve into super sync for all Apple devices. Thats what all Mac users yearn for (wait for OS 11.0 code name Cirrus).
Cheers

Fixing Fan Noise Created Keychain and Connectivity Problem

This will kind of be long so bare with me...
I occasionally will get the dreaded "fan running out of control/noise" scenario with my Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz (Mac OS 10.5.6). I usually run through the usual steps, re-set PMU switch, re-set nvram, run repairs with Disk Utility, boot up under a different startup disk, etc. Eventually something works and the fan returns to normal. This time around none of those steps worked but after 20 minutes the fan went back to normal by itself. Go figure...
At the same time this was happening, my computer would not connect to the Internet. The router's (which is connect to a cable modem) status lights said I was connected but my computer could not automatically get the DHCP information nor could it reach the router's control panel via Safari. I have a PC also hooked up and it was connecting to Internet fine and it was able to access the router's control panel via Firefox. At this point, I was hoping the ethernet hardware was not going bad.
Not only that, I could not access my keychain formation. When I selected any items and tried to show password, it gave me the error message about unable to access keychain item. I ran First Aid on the Keychain and it reported no problems.
My main startup disk is running Mac OS 10.5.6. This version of the OS has been running fine for the past couple of days before all this happened. I have a second startup disk which has Mac OS 10.4.x installed. I tried to boot up with that startup disk (OS 10.4.x) and the computer was able to connect to the Internet fine. That ruled out the hardware. I booted up with the main disk (OS 10.5.6) again. Surprisingly enough I had Internet connectivity again. My keychain was almost back to normal. The only problem is that for any item I select to show password for, a pop up window appears saying "Keychain Access wants to user your confidential information stored in "xxxxx" in your keychain. Once I select the Always Allow button the information is displayed.
So my questions are:
1. Why did my computer "refuse" to connect to the internet in this odd manner?
(BTW -- I am using OpenDNS with the router, could this have contributed to the connectivity issue?)
2. Why did booting up with a different startup disk seemingly corrected the problem?
3. In the Keychain, is there a way to apply "Always Allow" as a group instead of one by one?
4. Is this an unforeseen side effect of updating to OS 10.5.6?
5. Could any of this have been avoided?
Thanks.
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FYI to all the helpful folks here (and any looking to shut their jet engine off as well): Flashing the BIOS did the trick.
First I had to find a website with DOS OS files and put those on the USB instead of Vista. Oldie but a goodie, but at least it booted! No other versions would.
I had been intending to use the WinPhlash utility that Lenovo supplied with the BIOS update but since I was booting from DOS that was useless. However, I found a DOS version of it and used that instead. Boom baby! Flashed and rebooted.
It did take two boots to get it back to normal (first one gave very alarming messages about no operating system being found but I think it was just a remnant of the reboot that was triggered from the DOS session). A second boot returned life to normal and blissful silence from the server. And I was finally able to get the model and serial number back in there to get rid of the bootup message it throws for that too.
Ahhhhhhh.
Thanks to all for the hints - I believe I had gotten the idea of flashing the BIOS to solve this from some other thread I found here. This is a very nice forum to have bookmarked.

KeyChain and Password Security

Could someone please explain to me the answer to this conundrum? If I secure a file with a password, I am asked whether I want to add it to my KeyChain. If I do so, the file can be opened in the ordinary way by double-clicking on it. So what is the point of the password?
A related question is that I am also asked (and even recommended) to provide a password hint. What is the purpose of that?
Thank you, Mac experts, in anticipation of an elucidation of these mysteries.

You are right. I should be the only who has access to the passwords. But I am not. I am the only person in my house who uses my computer, so I do not log out when I shut it down. The consequence is that if a burglar were to break in, or a dinner-guest were to bring along a friend with criminal tendencies, that person would only have to start my computer up and s/he would have access to my keychain.
Even if I were always to log out when shutting down, logging back in only requires a single password, which may or may not be easily guessed.
It is quite clear that, as dwbrecovery said earlier in this string, I should not add the passwords of password-protected confidential documents to my keychain, and I have removed the one for the document I was concerned about from my keychain.

Keychain and iCloud

The keychain on my experiences, autofill and iCloud sync is causing a real mess on my opinion. Passwords are saved under different names after updates and its really really really hard to find the passwords again in the keychain without writing them down. (after password proposals under Yosemite)
A real mess ... and what do you do for websites which are requesting passwords for accessing files such as invoices and account changes? Do I have to tell the iUser ... look in the keychain and find the correct entry which is saved under a different name?
It's like playing " look for a needle in a haystack "

System keychain is for the 'entire Mac'.
WiFi is useful to all users, so the system keychain remembers that for every user account. If you have user multiple accounts any user could sign in & still connect to the same network(s) without the need to enter the network password. The System keychain should be locked out from editing by normal users (only the system has the password).
You may want to look at the FAQ to clear up iCloud keychain - I don't fully understand it myself
Frequently asked questions about iCloud Keychain - Apple Support

(SSL?) Certificates, Safari, and blue question marks

Recently I ran into some trouble with Mail and messed around with my certificates and Keychain a fair bit. Nonetheless, everything seems to be fine, except Safari. A problem I would run into intermittently before now dominates my online experience.
I encounter images being replaced with blue question marks very frequently. Additionally, on webpages with logins and forms (e.g. eBay, Paypal), the formatting of the page is nearly nonexistent. Fonts, pictures, all missing--everything is just mashed together. I can still login, though. Before loading any webpage on which this happens, Safari notifies me that the page might not be secure. I click continue, and voila, blue question marks.
If I then Ctrl-click on one of the question marks and choose "Open image in new tab", I get a certificate error, usually with what appears to be an image server. The message usually goes something along the lines of, "Safari can't identify the identity of the website "images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com". The certificate for this website is invalid. You might be connecting to a website that is pretending to be "images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com" which could put your confidential information at risk. Would you like to connect to the website anyway?"
If I then click "Show Certificate", I see that "This certificate has an invalid issuer" If I check the box "Always trust these certificates" and reload the page, the image shows up. If I then go back to the original page and reload it, all images appear. This also solves my problem with forms and page formatting.
However, this is obviously a pain. And a bit disconcerting, to boot. I've tried clearing the cache, resetting Safari, reinstalling Keychain and Safari via Pacifist, to no avail.
Any thoughts on navigating this issue? It seems to occur primarily (if not entirely) with SSL certificates. . .
Hopeful,
a.

Hi, aresnick, is that as in old lace? on the very long state named road?
I looked in Safari help for "SSL certificates" in 10.3.9 and in 10.4.7 this term "Certificate". Irregardless both give the same message:
Accessing websites that require a personal certificate
If you need to access a website that requires a personal certificate, you will be provided with a certificate and instructions for installing it in your keychain.
Once your certificate is installed in your keychain, you should be able to gain authenticated access to the website automatically.
If you are unable to access the website, contact the website administrator.
continue Safari Help: Deleting data saved from web forms
If you select the option to automatically complete web forms using information from other webpages, Safari saves information you enter. You can delete this information, if you choose.
Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click AutoFill. Click Edit next to the "Other forms" checkbox. Select the item you want to delete and click Remove. If you want to delete all the items, click Remove All.
If you don't want to use data from other web forms, deselect the "Other forms" checkbox in the AutoFill pane of Safari preferences.
The Blue question mark and images do not appear appear, safari help:
Images don't appear
If webpage images don't appear, the option to display images may be turned off or there may be a problem with your network.
Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click Appearance. Click to select "Display images when the page opens."
If the option is already selected, trying reloading the page. Choose Reload Page from the View menu.
Therefore if i were you I would follow the instructions listed from Safari Help. I would also Reset Safari, which clears the history, empties the cache, clears the Downloads window, and removes all cookies. It also removes any saved user names and passwords or other AutoFill data and clears Google search entries. (see reset Safari in Help for more info)
Then run perm. repair & a restart of the computer.
You might want to look into updating to 10.4.7 following same steps as underlined in a. brodies in link posted to you earlier, in this thread.
Good Luck.
Hth. Please post back to let us know, how you did .
Eme
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Why login keychain and user keychain

Hi,
I am trying to dianose a keychain problem my little home network is having and realize I don't quite have the knowledge to get started. My first, very basic question is, why do I have both a login keychain and a "user" keychain. Which is unlocked automatically when I login? What is the point of both of them?
Thanks!
Tom

Hi baltwo, thanks for responding.
I have a home net with several G4/G5 machines all running 10.4. I "sync" the keychains on the various user accounts via .Mac.
Keychain Access shows that I have four keychains; tom, login, system and X4509Anchors. In my library/keychain folder I have two files: login.keychain and tom (with out an extension). I did not specifically create the tom keychain.
I am trying to understand why I have a tom keychain. I am also trying to understand which unlocks automatically.
The reason I ask this is periodically one of the machines (it varies) on the network will have keychain problems and request that a keychain be unlocked or require manual entry of a password. This normally only happens with Apple's Mail application and on occasion when connnecting to a networked machine.
Curiously, when I "correct" the problem on one machine (usually by deleting a keychain) the problem will often move (probably whily syncing with .Mac) to another machine.
Thanks!
Tom

Account with an icon of a face and a question mark

Same issue of other user in Yosemite Apple Support.
Following advises on that thread I also installed the ETRECHECK software tool, report is as follows:
Problem description:
At the login screen I find an icon with a face and a question mark in it - with a message it needs an update.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 02 gennaio 2015 12:37:26 CET
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 1:22:54
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.89 GB (467.03 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Applicazione (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox ApplicazioneHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Pin It Button [Installed]
Save to Pocket [Installed]
Add To Amazon Wish List [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      14% WindowServer
      3% hidd
      2% Safari
      1% Dock
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
333 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
155 MB mds_stores
137 MB Safari
137 MB Finder
86 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
7.76 GB Free RAM
4.88 GB Active RAM
3.28 GB Inactive RAM
1.26 GB Wired RAM
4.73 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 2, 2015, 11:15:06 AM Self test - passed
Jan 2, 2015, 12:06:57 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Dropbox109_2015-01-02-000657_[redacted].cpu_res ource.diag [Details]
---------- is there any troubleshooting for delete that fake account every time I start my Macbook Pro?
thanks and regards
Edoardo

Smiley face with a ? means a bootable system is not found.
There maybe a problem with either system software or hard drive itself.
Try this.
Repair Disk
Steps 2 through 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Best.

I can't understand apple teminology - what is the difference between a keychain and a password - why does my mac keep asking me to type in the keychain - I don't know what it is or when it was created!!!

I can;t understand the apple terminology - what is a keychain and how is it different to password? When I set a new password it keeps asking me for the login keychain. None of my passwords work for it and I don't know when it would have been created.

A "keychain" is a secure database in which passwords are stored in an encrypted format to prevent unauthorized discovery of your passwords. Think of it like a bank safe deposit box in which you can safely store your passwords.
If you have a problem with your keychain then perhaps you have not changed the passwords correctly or need to repair your keychain. You might try:
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".

Performance issue and functional question regarding updates on tables

A person at my site wrote some code to update a custom field on the MARC table that was being copied from the MARA table. Here is what I would have expected to see as the code. Assume that both sets of code have a parameter called p_werks which is the plant in question.
data : commit_count type i.
select matnr zfield from mara into (wa_marc-matnr, wa_marc-zfield).
update marc set zfield = wa_marc-zfield
     where werks = p_werks and matnr = wa_matnr.
commit work and wait.
endselect.
I would have committed every 200 rows instead of every one row, but here's the actual code and my question isn't around the commits but something else. In this case an internal table was built with two elements - MATNR and WERKS - could have done that above too, but that's not my question.
            DO.
              " Lock the record that needs to be update with material creation date
              CALL FUNCTION 'ENQUEUE_EMMARCS'
                EXPORTING
                  mode_marc      = 'S'
                  mandt          = sy-mandt
                  matnr          = wa_marc-matnr
                  werks          = wa_marc-werks
                EXCEPTIONS
                  foreign_lock   = 1
                  system_failure = 2
                  OTHERS         = 3.
              IF sy-subrc <> 0.
                " Wait, if the records not able to perform as lock
                CALL FUNCTION 'RZL_SLEEP'.
              ELSE.
                EXIT.
              ENDIF.
            ENDDO.
            " Update the record in the table MARC with material creation date
            UPDATE marc SET zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate
                       WHERE matnr = wa_mara-matnr AND
                             werks = wa_marc-werks.    " IN s_werks.
            IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
              " Save record in the database table MARC
              CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT'
                EXPORTING
                  wait   = 'X'
                IMPORTING
                  return = wa_return.
              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'S'.
              " text-010 - 'Material creation date has updated'.
              wa_log-message = text-010.
              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate.
              APPEND wa_log TO tb_log.
              CLEAR: wa_return,wa_log.
            ELSE.
              " Roll back the record(un save), if there is any issue occurs
              CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK'
                IMPORTING
                  return = wa_return.
              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'E'.
              " 'Material creation date does not updated'.
              wa_log-message = text-011.
              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate..
              APPEND wa_log TO tb_log.
              CLEAR: wa_return, wa_log.
            ENDIF.
            " Unlock the record from data base
            CALL FUNCTION 'DEQUEUE_EMMARCS'
              EXPORTING
                mode_marc = 'S'
                mandt     = sy-mandt
                matnr     = wa_marc-matnr
                werks     = wa_marc-werks.
          ENDIF.
Here's the question - why did this person enqueue and dequeue explicit locks like this ? They claimed it was to prevent issues - what issues ??? Is there something special about updating tables that we don't know about ? We've actually seen it where the system runs out of these ENQUEUE locks.
Before you all go off the deep end and ask why not just do the update, keep in mind that you don't want to update a million + rows and then do a commit either - that locks up the entire table!

The ENQUEUE lock insure that another program called by another user will not update the data at the same time, so preventing database coherence to be lost. In fact, another user on a SAP correct transaction, has read the record and locked it, so when it will be updated your modifications will be lost, also you could override modifications made by another user in another luw.
You cannot use a COMMIT WORK in a SELECT - ENDSELECT, because COMMIT WORK will close each and every opened database cursor, so your first idea would dump after the first update. (so the internal table is mandatory)
Go through some documentation like [Updates in the R/3 System (BC-CST-UP)|http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCCSTUP/BCCSTUP_PT.pdf]
Regards

How can i restore my iphone 5s as i forgot my icloud password and sec questions

I bought a new iphone 5s (32G Gold)
and when I connect it to itunes asked me to restore from my old iphone 4
with all my account settings and passwords.
but I have a problem with my account for icloud password and security questions because my cloude id is *************** and with no problem with my apple id "*****************", I tried to restore my new iphone after I turned off find my iphone from icloud setting and when its restore was finished the iphone is locked and asked me to unlock the iphone with a ****************** that I forget the password and security questions and when I tried to enter my account id "**************** with no problem with its password it says to me "this account can't unlock this iphone"
when I visit tradeline (Apple products dealer) I found no answer and they adviced me to contact apple directly.
Name : Alaa Rashed Abd el Hafiz
Country : egypt
<Personal Information Edited by Host>

First, remove your personal information from your post. That's not needed here. This is a public forum, and it is unwise to provide your personal data online.
Second, here's how you reset your password and/or security questions.
How to reset your Apple ID password.
Go to iforgot.apple.com and type in your Apple ID, then click 'Next'.
Verify your date of birth, then click 'Next'.
You'll be able to choose one of two methods to reset your password, either E-Mail Authentication or Answer Security Questions.
If neither method works, then go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Lost or forgotten Apple ID password'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.
How to reset your Apple ID security questions.
Go to appleid.apple.com, click on the blue button that says 'Manage Your Apple ID'.
Log in with your Apple ID and password. (If you have forgotten your Apple ID password, go to iforgot.apple.com first to reset your password with a password recovery email)
Go to the Password & Security section on the left side, and click on the link underneath the security questions that says 'Forgot your answers? Send reset security info email to [email]'. This will generate an automated e-mail that will allow you to reset your security questions.
If that doesn't work, or there is no rescue email link available, then click on 'Temporary Support PIN' that is in the bottom left side, and generate a 4-digit PIN for the Apple Account Security Advisor you will be contacting later.
Next, go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Forgotten Apple ID Security Questions'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.

I have purchased music with my old apple id, old computer and old email. My old email and computer are not available anymore and I dont remember my password and securtiy question anymore. How can I authorise my old apple id to authorise the new computer?

Hi, I have a new computer and new apple id. I've purchased music with my old computer, email and apple id.
I cant access now the previously purchase music, because it wants to authorize the new computer to play the
music. I cant remember password and security questions for my old id and the old email doest exist anymore.
What can I do?

Hi, Carmen.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you need to reset you security questions, do not know the answers and no longer have access to that email account, see the last sentence under Note in step 5.
You'll be asked to answer 2 of your 3 security questions before you can make any modifications. If you are unable to remember your answers, you can choose to send an email to your rescue email to reset your security questions.
Note: The option to send an email to reset your security questions and answers will not be available if a rescue email address is not provided. You will need tocontact iTunes Store support in order to do so.
Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5312
Cheers,
Jason H.

I set up Keychain and do not have access to the telephone I gave. Now I can no longer connect my ipad to my windows computer. I can not turn off Keychain...it is awaiting authorization from the SMS on the telephone I do not have access to.

I set up Keychain and do not have access to the telephone I gave. Now I can no longer connect my ipad to my windows computer, itunes does not automatically open when I plug in the USB. I can not turn off Keychain in my ipad since authorization is pending awaiting the code sent by SMS, which I can not get. Can someone advise how to get rid of Keychain. Should I cancel my icloud account?

I appreciate your help.
Have reset the ipad, but that changed nothing. I can not turn off Keychain, iit remains "pending approval". Probably, the only thing to do is to close my icloud account...which I hate to do since there is a lot of data saved there. But, I am unable to back the ipad up on my Windows 8 computer because itunes no longer opens when the ipad is attached.
Oh well...computers are computers and it is impossible to cover 100% of the situations.
Keychain iss not the best app for someone who lives in 3 different countries.
Thanks

Spam filtering solution for iPhone and a question.

I've read a lot of posts about spam filtering for the iPhone and have yet another solution and a question. I use SpamSieve and I am not affiliated with them in any way. The nice thing about SpamSieve is that if it is the first rule in your Mail.app rule set any mail that follows has already been filtered. All you need to do then is create another rule that redirects email to what ever mail account you choose. Since my ISP allows multiple accounts, I will simply create an iPhone@myISP account.
Now the question. Is it possible to write an applescript that will turn the redirect rule on or off so that I don't have to dig into the rules section of Mail to get this done?
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Is it possible to write an applescript that will turn the redirect rule on or off so that I don't have to dig into the rules section of Mail to get this done?
not at present time

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