"Show password" in Keychain Access not working

When I launch Keychain Access and tick the "Show password:" checkbox for a given Keychain item I get prompted to enter my password. After doing so the password field remains blank.
Anyone else run into this problem? Know a workaround?

I'm getting something like this but when I click "Show Password" I get a mumbojumbo of letters and symbols at least 120 characters and clearly not my passworld. Is this something with Maverick, because I've been having a lot of problems.

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Hello,
What could cause Safari to not offer to remember a log in name and password?
I've noticed that my Keychain Access has not remembered a password in quite sometime.
Regards.

From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences then select the Autofill tab.
Make sure: User names and passwords is selected.
If the box was already selected, open Keychain Access.
From the KA menu bar click KA / Keychain First Aid
Click Verify and if necessary, click Repair
You could also try deleting the Safari Forms Autofill keychain. Make sure to quit then relaunch Safari for changes to take effect.

Keychain access not working

My macbook pro locked up this morning, now my keychain no longer works. No passwords are saved. Adium, mail, coda...nothing is retaining my passwords. I ran keychain assistant, removed login.keychain and rebooted. Nothing. I've tried everything I've read so far in this forum and still no luck. Any suggestions? Unfortunately I don't have a time machine backup, so I can't revert. I cant work like this. I have passwords stored everywhere. To lose them all is enraging.

From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences then select the Autofill tab.
Make sure: User names and passwords is selected.
If the box was already selected, open Keychain Access.
From the KA menu bar click KA / Keychain First Aid
Click Verify and if necessary, click Repair
You could also try deleting the Safari Forms Autofill keychain. Make sure to quit then relaunch Safari for changes to take effect.

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Hi EDUR142, did you find a way round this? If so, please let me know.
I currently can see that these certificates are there in Keychain Access under System'Certificates'.
However in System'Keys' the relevant keys are not there. And in Login'Keys' there are 4 keys that might be the correct ones: 2 public keys, 2 private keys. BUT they do not have an arrow on the left so I cannot see if the correct certificate is associated with them (as it described in the Adobe step by step guide to DPS pg19).
If this is simliar to your issue last year, and you found a solution, pls reply. Thank you.

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Leslie

I too have this problem. Can anyone help to use my ActivIdentity (Microsoft ActivKey) with Mountain Lion.
(( I know this is a microsoft product etc., )).

My computer continually asks me to enter my password for Keychain access. This problem is continuos and I am having trouble with eliminating it. I have changed my password through Security and my Accounts numerous times to no avail. Is there anythin

My computer continually asks me to enter my password for Keychain access. This problem is continuos and I am having trouble with eliminating it.
I have changed my password through Security and my Accounts numerous times to no avail.
Is there anything I can do other than Resetting the entire computer and re installing all of the software, apps, etc.etc.

Back up all data before proceeding.
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 login 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, unless you've changed it.
Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select
          Change Settings for Keychain "login"
In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked.
From the menu bar, select
          Keychain Access ▹ Preferences... ▹ First Aid
There are four checkboxes in the window that opens. Check all of them. if they're not already checked. Close the window.
Select
          Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.
If you use iCloud Keychain, 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.

There is NO Keychain First Aid showing in my Keychain access

Mail not retaining passwords and there is NO Keychain First Aid showing in my Keychain access in Utilities. HELP!

Do you mean it is not on the menu or grayed out not able to choose it?
Also did you unlock the lock and authenticate?

Asking for password for keychain access, but won't accept my password... What's up with this?

Restarted my MacBook just now and it's got a continuous stream of pop ups asking for password for keychain access, won't accept my password, won't go away (cancel), any suggestions.

Hello Al323,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with Keychain Access on your Mac. I found a couple of articles I suggest for the issue you described.
Your keychain uses your the same password as your login password. If it is not accepting that password, I recommend running the Keychain First Aid using the steps in this article:
Mac OS X 10.6: Solving problems with keychains
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7296
If you are still repeatedly seeing a prompt to enter your Keychain Access password, you may need to reset your keychain. This will create a new keychain so any saved passwords on the old keychain will not be available, and you will need to enter them when accessing sites for the first time again. Follow the steps in the article below to create a new keychain:
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Please Help! Keychain has not worked since upgrading to lion

Please help...I need Keychain access to work asap. Here is the error message that I'm getting:
Process:         launchd [8657]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/MacOS/Keychain Access
Identifier:      com.apple.keychainaccess
Version:         ??? (???)
Build Info:      KeychainAccess-55121004000000000~155
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [137]
Date/Time:       2013-01-30 10:02:19.284 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          3707422 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           65
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   63
Anonymous UUID:                      561D3F14-17F5-4940-B90F-F7C0AB826F8B
Crashed Thread: Unknown
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00007fff5fc01028
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000055 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x0000000000000000
   r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00007fff5fc01028 rfl: 0x0000000000010203 cr2: 0x00007fff5fc01028
Logical CPU: 0
Binary images description not available
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
    task_for_pid: 1
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
    task_for_pid: 3863
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Model: MacBook4,1, BootROM MB41.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.31f1
Graphics: Intel GMA X3100, GMA X3100, Built-In, 144 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0xAD00000000000000, 0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0xAD00000000000000, 0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.15)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 18 devices, 2 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet Adaptor (en2) 6, Ethernet, en2
Network Service: Wi-Fi 2, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02, 250.06 GB
Parallel ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N
USB Device: iPhone, apple_vendor_id, 0x12a0, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: FreeAgent GoFlex, 0x0bc2 (Seagate LLC), 0x5031, 0xfd100000 / 3
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8501, 0xfd400000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8205, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0229, 0x5d200000 / 3

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How to delete passwords from Keychain Access?

In Keychain Access a password is an element in a key, for example an internet site that you log into will be contained in a file in Keychain Access. They are shown one per line.
Inside that key will be the url location, username , password.
You can highlight the relevant key / file and control click on it and delete it.
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hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me i try all other method restore ' upgrade etc but none work plz say what i do if u find some solution tham msg me on [email protected]

First, we're not Apple here (Apple does not participate in this forum). We're only users like you.
The previous owner has not given you the correct ID and password for you to use.
If the iphone has iOS version 7, then read through the following...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

Hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me i try all other method restore ' upgrade

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oenkz33 wrote:
this does not help at all for the second owner, after making the first owner id with careless, sorry for my english ...
Careless? Possible, but unlikely. Most likely the phone was stolen from the first owner. It would be a VERY careless iPhone owner who did not erase their personal information from a phone before selling it, and to do that it is necessary to disable Activation Lock. In most places in the world knowingly using stolen property is a crime, so the fact that the phone doesn't work may be the least of one's risks.

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