Keychain password trouble

I've been having trouble with the Keychain Password when I use Safari. When I open the browser it will pop up twice before it goes away but will come back randomly while I'm using Safari. I've tried entering every password I can think of but nothing seems to be the correct one. I've gone in to the Utilities folder and opened up the Keychain Password app. and tried to change it but without the current password I get no where.
Is this something I can fix? Or am I stuck with it?

Hi
Your system password and keychain password ought to be the same. If they are different, and you don't know the keychain password, then you won't be able to access your keychain file. In that event, the only remedy is to start-over. You do that by first going to the Finder: Your User Account>Library>Keychains folder. Inside, move to the trash the login.keychain file.
Next, open Keychain Access. File Menu>New Keychain - name it login. Then, go to the Keychain Menu>Keychain First Aid. Select "repair".
Restart Safari. In Safari you'll start seeing prompts for web sites requiring user name/password. Select "yes" on the password panel prompt to accept the password. You'll begin building your keychain file again. You'll see the same type of password request if you use Apple's Mail program for e-mail. You'll need to enter your system password again on the password prompt panel.
In Safari, after you have entered a few passwords, go back to my last post and follow those directions.

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Safari keeps asking for keychain password

everytime i open Safari it asks me for the keychain password and when i enter it it tells me it is wrong, so i click cancel and it goes away.
any ideas?

I had similar problems but with me it was the AirPort keychain.
Here's the advice I followed from (16.1.1.1) was in this thread, courtesy of Jim R:
Hi all,
The trick is to delete the keychain item in the system keychain for the resource that's giving you the trouble, e.g. Airport network password.
1. Open the Keychain program
2. Select System keychain.
3. Select the keychain item you want to delete, and choose Delete from the Edit menu (you won't need to enter a password).
4. Next time you enter the password to access the network and save to keychain, the item will be recreated.
Jim R
(His post is no. 16.1.1.1)
You should find Keychain app in your Utilities folder.
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Forgottn Keychain password

I have a MacBook Pro with OS X Version 10.9.5 (13F34).
I wanted to use the ICLOUD Keychain Access option, but have problems. I have tried to reset my password but trouble with it.
please, help me.
Thank you for your support.

If it is the Keychain password that needs resetting:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1544

Everytime I turn on my MacBook, is required my keychains password.

Everyitme I turn on my MacBook, is required my keychains password, saying "iCloud.helper wants to use information". It is a really annoying problem. I am also having trouble while activating the iCloud Keychains, after the ID password it says that "The keychains were not activated due to a connection problem with iCloud". My email is not working too, it insists on requiring my password every second. This happened after the latest software update OS X Mavericks. What shoul I do? I am a new MacBook user.

The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.

"login" Keychain password no longer accepted

Huge trouble with Sync, MobileMe, Address Book and a bunch of other things:
My "login" keychain password is no longer accepted!
How do I reset it?
Please help. Thanks!

I've tried that. It brings up a dialogue box that says:
"Keychain Access wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password."
I enter the password and it rejects it, saying "Sorry, you entered an invalid password. Please try again."
This is the only password I've used on this computer: it appears that at some point, the login password has been reset or become corrupted.
Thanks, though, baltwo. I appreciate the suggestion. Any other ideas?

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.

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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.
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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.

MacBook Air suddenly doesn't recognize my keychain passwords. Now iCloud, Safari and anything associated (including Systems Preferences) won't work. Plz help - any ideas?

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I just found the fix in another post! Here it is, in case anyone has the same issue...
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How do I get rid of keychain popups? I never set a keychain password.

Keychain popups happen CONSTANTLY since I got back from the Apple store when a manufacturer error required a hard drive replacement. I can't sign in to iMessage - although my password works to log me in to the computer, I get a keychain message immediately when trying to log in to iMessage. I get keychain messages almost continually through the day - 50x/day approximately. They vary in what they say.
One of the many says "A keychain cannot be found to store registration v1". There are several other messages which I can't remember. I have tried a few of the ways recommended here. Oops, another one just popped up.
Here is the sequence: "A keychain cannot be found to store KADiAdIDStorageKey."
When I click "Reset to Defaults", it asks if I'm sure about that.
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Tutorial: Resolving Keychain Issues
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:
1. Open Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities)
2. Go to the "Keychain Access" menu and select "Preferences"
3. Click the "First Aid" tab
4. Make sure the "Synchronize login keychain password" box is checked
5. Close the Preferences window
6. Go to the "Keychain Access" menu and select "Keychain First Aid"
7. Enter your username and password
8. Click the "Repair" button
The second 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:
1. Launch Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities)
2. Click "Show Keychains" in the lower-left corner of the window.
3. Select the problematic keychain from the left-hand pane.
4. Navigate to the "File" menu and select "Delete Keychain '(name of keychain)'"
5. Check all options for deletion and press "OK"
6. Create a new keychain by going to the "File" menu, then "New" and selecting
"New Keychain"
7. 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.
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2. OS X Lion: Enable and disable the root user
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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's 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, the Keychain may be to blame.
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I just upgraded to Lion. I was trying to set up the iCloud and it asked for my "login" keychain password. I've never been asked for that before. I've tried every password I can think of and nothing works. Is there a way to reset the keychain password?

I just upgraded to Lion. I was trying to set up iCloud and it asked for my "login" keychain password. I've never been asked for the keychain password before. I've tried every password I can think of and nothing works. I'm normally asked for the password to my machine when upgrading software, signing on, etc. but this is different apparently. I tried the same password and it didn't work either. I read a couple of posts and they all want to take me through Applications/Utilities but that requires knowing your password in order to change it. I don't know it. Don't remember ever setting up a keychain password. Does anyone know how to change the keychain password if you don't know the keychain password???

Most of the time your Keychain password is the same as your login password. If you configured your computer to log you in automatically, you may not have used your login password in so long you forgot it.
There is no way to retrieve the "login" Keychain password, but you can reset the Keychain from the Preferences menu: select it in the Keychain Access menu and select "Reset My Default Keychain". This will create a new, empty Keychain but the old one will be saved should you ever remember its password.
The result of this is that you will have to supply passwords for everything that requires it, since without your Keychain they will no longer automatically fill themselves. However, once you supply them and store them in your new Keychain, they will be remembered.

Every 20 seconds a box appears saying 'Safari (or mail or calendar or iCloud) wants to use "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password.' How can I eliminate the need to keep on putting in my password?

Every 20 seconds or sooner a box appears asking for my keychain password. It can be for Safari, Mail, Calendar, iCloud. How do I get rid of this?

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Changing your keychain password
You can change the password for your keychain at any time. However, if you want your default keychain to be unlocked automatically when you log in, make sure your keychain password is the same as your Mac OS X login password.
If your Mac OS X login password is not the same as your default keychain password, you'll be asked for the password whenever an application needs access to your keychain and your keychain is locked.
Open Keychain Access and select the keychain in the drawer (click Show Keychains if the drawer is closed).
Choose Edit > "Change Password for Keychain 'login'." (The name of the keychain in the menu matches the name of the selected keychain. If you selected the keychain that unlocks when you log in, the name you see is "login.")
If the keychain is locked, type the password to unlock it.
Type the current password for this keychain.
Type a new password, then type it again to verify.
Click OK.
You can use Password Assistant to help you choose a new password. Click the "i" button to see how secure your new password is.
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