HT201609: If your Mac keeps asking for the login keychain password
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Feb 4, 2015 3:36 PM in response to zoie3196by Linc Davis,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.
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Feb 4, 2015 5:15 PM in response to Linc Davisby zoie3196,Hello Linc,
Thank you for your reply. I have spent countless hours on the phone with Apple Care advisors,and have tried everything that you mentioned in your post. The most recent Advisor is now saying ( as of January 30,2015) that there is a software update in OS X Yosemite. I didn't get a chance to try it due to Apple's techs not properly repairing my Macbook so I had to resend it to be repaired ( again). Apple is saying this is a hardware issue, disagree it's a software issue. True enough there were/are issues with my hardware, but I don't think it's connected to the keychain saving passwords. Have you heard about an OS X Yosemite update for keychain or the like?
Gabriella Jean
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Feb 4, 2015 5:17 PM in response to zoie3196by zoie3196,Additionally this all began about two weeks ago when I called about an issue with my Iphone 5s, and the tech told me to reset my network settings. coincidence? perhaps, but everything does happen for a reason.
Gabriella Jean
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Feb 4, 2015 5:19 PM in response to zoie3196by Linc Davis,Apple is saying this is a hardware issue
If it is, nothing you can do will make any difference.
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Feb 4, 2015 5:37 PM in response to Linc Davisby zoie3196,No .true,but that is really the point. But I still feel it's a SOFTWARE issue. Only problem is one person at apple tech support told me that, and no one else seems to have any know anything about any such software update on OS X Yosemite for keychain.
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Feb 4, 2015 5:39 PM in response to zoie3196by zoie3196,I'll just have to wait till I get it back and see if any updates for Yosemite are available, and take it from there. Truth be told, when I got it back the first time, it didn't seem like they did anything to it. I was still having the same keychain issues. Perhaps they really don't know how to fix the problem and are reluctant to admit it?
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Feb 10, 2015 8:47 PM in response to Linc Davisby StinkweedPayton,Well I just went thru all the above procedures up to "Reset My Default Keychain" and the I get a reply of "Unable to obtain Authorization for this Operation". And the whole time I thought I was in control.