Prompts to use local items keychain, but no numerically named folder in library/keychains folder to delete?
There are. Prompts to use local items keychain, but no numerically named folder in library/keychains folder to delete? What to do?
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OS X v 10.9.5: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain.
I cannot open "Local Items" keychain as I do not have a clue what the password could be. I have tried other things on the forum, but none seem to work. I can open the keychain, but not the local items keychain. What can I do?
Then, try Apple's Support.
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2 -
So how do I fix this? How do I get this to go away? It's prompting me for a password that I haven't ever set up!
I have the same problem with three pop-up prompts:
(1) com.apple.iCloudHelper wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password.
(2) CalendarAgent wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password.
(3) AddressBookSourceSync wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password.
I can enter my login password and the prompt goes away for a little while, but eventually returns. Or I can click on "Cancel" many multiple times and it goes away for a little while, but returns again.
I want a solution too and hope this additional information will help. -
I"ve tried the above method. But it still appears all the time. Terrible.
Back up all data.
In Keychain Access, delete the login keychain from the keychain list. Choose Delete References when prompted, not Delete References & Files.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
~/Library/Keychains
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return. A folder will open. Rename the file "login.keychain" in that folder to something like "login-old.keychain". Rename the file "login_renamed_1.keychain" to "login.keychain". You can then close the folder.
Back in Keychain Access, 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 you 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. -
HT203897 Change the password on the Local Items keychain
I just came across this article: HT203897: OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
as I was experiencing the same issue after a reboot of 10.10.2 (fully patched with Sophos AV and all apps patched to current levels). It turns out the the Local Items keychain it too stupid to detect a password change to the Login keychain and causes this issue. What's worse is that I can't update the keychain password to match. I have a lot of password and don't feel like re-entering each one again.
Does anyone know of a way to change a keychain password from Terminal? ThanksFYI, I stumbled across an article by a colleague, the great MacMule, who discusses this issue and shows how the security command can normally be used to change a keychain password as such
$ security set-keychain-password
But the local items keychain is not a normal keychain as shown here
$ ls -lah ~/Library/Keychains/
drwx------ 15 saxdaddy 414618088 510B Mar 29 22:56 .
drwx------+ 65 saxdaddy 414618088 2.2K Mar 5 14:35 ..
drwx------ 7 saxdaddy 414618088 238B Jan 30 10:14 E1B6F507-1BD9-5DC5-9C53-251D9FE39C81
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 102K Mar 4 15:09 Microsoft_Entity_Certificates
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 27K Jan 21 2014 Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates
-rw-r--r-- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 29K Mar 20 10:39 [email protected]
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 337K Mar 29 22:39 login.keychain
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 23K Feb 25 02:44 metadata.keychain
[saxdaddy@/MY_MAC:~] $ ls -lah ~/Library/Keychains/E1B6F507-1BD9-5DC5-9C53-251D9FE39C81/
drwx------ 7 saxdaddy 414618088 238B Jan 30 10:14 .
drwx------ 15 saxdaddy 414618088 510B Mar 29 22:56 ..
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 47B Mar 29 22:48 accountStatus.plist
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 124K Oct 18 03:02 keychain-2.db
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 32K Mar 29 23:15 keychain-2.db-shm
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 2.6M Mar 29 22:48 keychain-2.db-wal
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 1.4K Dec 29 21:59 user.kb
As you may notice, the Local Items keychain is a directory and not a .keychain file so this utility will not work. -
Upon startup my iMac (OSX Mavericks) has a popup (that I can't get rid of!) that says: "talagent wants to use the local items keychain." I never set this up, don't want it, and want my iMac to start up with my desktop in place and ready to work. I'd appreciate some help please. How do I get rid of this? Thanks.
LarryI found this and it fixed my issue..
I was suffering with this same problem, I followed these steps and everything returned to normality:
1.- I opened KeyChain app and run the FirstAid (from the KeyChain app Menu)with my user Password (this do work) because the problem is not with your password. If there is any trouble with your keychain file this will fix it.
2.- Opened Disk Aid and run Fix Persmissions just in case there was left some wrong file permissions during the upgrade.
3.- Went back to the Key Chain App and Locked and Unlocked the Keychain using the Lock in the top left corner of the app. When asked for my password I simply typed my User password.
After this everything worked fine. These are the steps that I followed but I really think that #3 did the trick here. You could try to do only #3 directly and it might fix your problem, but fixing the Keychain and fixing OS permissions is never a bad Idea.
Good Luck friends. -
Help!!!!!! OS X wants to use the "local items" keychain. Please enter password. I have tried every password that I know of. Nothing works! I haven't even set up a password for this
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Cannot change or delete local items keychain
Hopefully someone here can help me.
I forgot my main password to get into my MacBook Pro. I'm running Mavericks. I did the restart/holding down option key. I used terminal to get in to change the password. However, the Local Items keychain has remained locked. When I try to delete it from the file menu in Keychain Access, that option is grayed out. I have no idea what the keychain password could be for Local Items. I tried to create a new keychain for Local Items, thinking it would then allow me to delete the old one. That did not work. I tried reboot. I tried rebooting and changing the main password again. The apple technician on help chat told me that rebooting and changing the main password would fix everything, but it didn't.
Now I can't access e-mail. For some reason my Office for Mac programs won't run at all.Follow these steps
Resolution
Note: This article is about the "Local Items" keychain, not the "Login" keychain. Please see this article for issues with "Login" keychain password.
Follow these steps to prevent prompts to unlock the Local Items keychain.
In Finder Select Go > Go to folder… (⇧⌘G)
In the window that appears, type the following:~/Library/Keychains/
Click OK.
Look for a folder with a name similar to this "A8F5E7B8-CEC1-4479-A7DF-F23CB076C8B8".
Note: Each folder has a unique number.
Move this folder to the Trash.
Immediately choose Apple Menu () > Restart… to restart your Mac.
After restarting the computer, a new folder is created in the Keychains folder with a name similar to "4B29A0BB-599D-47FC-A2D1-42B5592B130B". There is no need to repeat the steps in this article, or to delete this folder. The new folder is expected and corrects the symptom described in this article. -
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 -
How do I get rid of the talagent Nd other "local items" keychain passwords?
OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
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After upgrading to OS X Yosemite, I keep getting popups asking for my "Local Items" keychain for cloudd, calendar, messenger and on and on...and then it wants me to change my password, only won't accept it when I do.
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.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Select the iCloud keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
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
from the menu bar and repair the keychain.
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.
Run Keychain First Aid again. Quit Keychain Access. -
Cannot change "Local Items" keychain password, menu is greyed out
I have a Macosx linked to ActiveDirectory. Recently I had to change my AD password, which went fine, apart from the "Local Items" keychain. This keychain kept the old password.
So everytime I login I get a few popups for different applications requesting the password for "Local Items". I have to enter the old password a number of times.
If I go into Keychain Access, I can unlock this keychain. But I can't reset the password because the menu Edition \ Modify the password is greyed out.
Does anybody know how I can change this password?
iCloud is disabled on this iMac, and Repairing the keychain didn't find any problem.This is an easy fix. i called apple and they fixed it. Go to finder, then GO tab and click the option near command on keyboard and a link library will pop up in list and then click library, scroll to find keychain and put it on your desktop and restart computer. You only have to log in one time and then delete keychain off desktop. something happened w maverick and it corrupted the file.
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What is "local items"keychain and its pasword. how can i reset the password if i forget the password?
I just fixed the same problem. Here's what to do.
Click on the finder, then scroll across to the GO on the top menu bar, but also hold down the option or alt key while you do this.
scroll down the go menu to library and highlight library.
the library folder will open
go to the keychains folder and open it
in the keychains folder, then click and drag the blue folder that has all the letters and numbers for a title like "A2CEEE274-....."
drag this folder to the desktop
now restart your machine
when the machine restarts, you should see the keychains folder still open with a new folder in it that looks just like the one you dragged out onto the desktop
throw the one on the desktop out in the trash
You just reset the keychain folder so the new mavericks update could recognize it correctly, by the way apple customer support mentioned the reason this was happening was due to the update, and this is the standard fix. The apple keychain access pw should be your apple id or logon password.
Good luck!!!
STEVE FARRELL -
Mavericks new "local items" keychain question?
What is the new "local items" keychain in mavericks used for (verses the regular login keychain)? After upgrading (and not enabling iCloud keychain yet) there was only one item in the local items keychain. There are about 50 items in the login keychain, so, does this imply that if I enable iCloud keychain all 50 items will be synced to the cloud?
again apple change stuff, that may well cause more problems, certainly from a UI point of view, keychain access is now worse, as i have to make an extra click to switch between login or local for a keychain item, im hunting for, dependant on where mavericks decided to place it in either local or login?
more mess and confusion well done apple ! and the fact local gets renamed icloud when that is setup, I have not dared turn icloud keychain on, just incase makes things a great deal worse, especially as you now need another password/pin to secure the darn thing.
All additional features should be by default off and when OS upgrading, and only turned on by the user I don't want this local keychain particularly, and would certainly like a technical explanation as to when mavericks decides to create a keychain item within login or local ? and whether there is any control over this, presumably this mess means that only new keychain items are put in "local items" post mavericks upgrade, when syncing with icloud will actually be synced, like the abortion of "icloud notes" "icloud calendars" and "icloud contacts" where sometimes form a sync perspective post upgrade it will ignore older notes/calendars/contacts it deems not to be in the icloud syncing group - messy messy messy.
and as per usual apple will give little obvious explanation or user controls as to how to resolve such complex issues, because they magically promote "it will just work" when in fact it very often doesn't and resolving such scenarios is made by obfuscation and a lack of visual user control.
I also doubt that apple will provide an app to view keychains cleanly on ios, SO i will stick with keychain2go as a solution to my problem, which enables me to view and edit around 10,000 various passwords in 500 notes all secure in iOS, i very much doubt iCloud syncing can handle that and give the user access, its all no doubt hidden and in the background.
Also note apple I have alway despised your disappearing outbox on all your platforms, it has caused me no end of grief, make it permanently appear and remain or give me a user setting to be able to decide for myself whether it is visible or not, turning of internet access to make it appear is an awful kludge. -
On my MacBook Pro i am getting a succession of dialogue boxes asking for a keychain password. Example:
CalendarAgent wants to use the "Local Items" keychain
Please enter the keychain password.
and offers the option to cancel -- which just brings up the next one, and so on.
I have no idea what the request is for.Is this the problem you are having? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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