GregoryST
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Q: MacBook Pro El Capitan constantly prompts me for "Local Items" keychain password.

Whenever I open my laptop I am prompted multiple times to enter the "Local Items" keychain password and I would like to know how to stop it.

 

This did not happen when I first got my Mac but occurred about a month ago. A friend of mine repeatedly tried guessing my password that I had began with the Mac. I then changed my apple ID and login password. Since I changed the password that is when the repeated prompting began. The keychain password is my original password but some of the keychain passwords are my new passwords. I would like for them all to be the same password and to not repeatedly prompt me. I have looked at other support articles and been unable to find a solution. Im hesitant to experiment too much myself.

 

El Capitan.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 24, 2015 6:36 PM

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Q: MacBook Pro El Capitan constantly prompts me for "Local Items" keychain password.

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Dec 24, 2015 7:01 PM in response to GregoryST
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    Dec 24, 2015 7:01 PM in response to GregoryST

    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

    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.

    Step 2

    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 3

    Triple-click 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 and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder named "Keychains" should open. 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.

    Quit Keychain Access.