joeseagl

Q: Local Items Keychain pop ups after login

Using a MacBook Pro 15" Retina with MacOS Sierra, but this also happened with El Capitan.

If I restart, or if the computer locks for a long time (i.e. overnight), and I have to log back into it, boxes appear in Finder that tell me that "Local Items Keychain" needs my password for sharingd, cloudd, AddressBookSourceSync, and accountsd. This started when I switched from using a unique computer password to access the MBP, and told it to start using my iCloud password to unlock the MBP. Everything worked fine until I had to change my iCloud password at some point. When that happened (while I was still on El Capitan), all these boxes started popping up. The only way I can close them is to enter my prior iCloud password.

 

I upgraded to Sierra and thought that would solve the problem. It didn't. In an effort to set up two-factor authentication so that I could unlock my MBP with my Apple Watch (that doesn't work either), I had to de-couple my unlock code for my MBP from my iCloud password. So, now I'm on Sierra; I have two-factor authentication (that's a freakin' mess that rarely works and locks me out of devices all over the place now); a password on my MBP that is totally unrelated to my iCloud password; and I still get the requirement to enter my old old old iCloud password in the boxes for accountsd, sharingd, cloudd, and AddressBookSourceSync for the "Local Items Keychain" before I can start using the MBP. Often, I must enter the password up to three times for each one of these to clear all the boxes.

 

I've tried to use Keychain Access to delete the key chains completely and refresh them all, but it says I don't have access to do that regardless of what passwords I use, and -- yes -- I have admin access on my MBP. I believe this also may be preventing me from setting up either of my Apple Watches to unlock the MBP (it always tells me that either my watch needs to be unlocked when it already is (Watch Series 2), or it says it just can't communicate with the Watch (Series 1). In conclusion, I'm at my wit's end, and it's all making me very disappointed in my MBP, Sierra, my new Watch, and even my new iPhone 7 Plus which doesn't communicate well with any of the other items either. This is very un-Apple-like when their software and hardware don't simply talk to each other or even internally as it should.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 7:53 PM

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  • by trevoz,

    trevoz trevoz Sep 28, 2016 3:58 AM in response to joeseagl
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 28, 2016 3:58 AM in response to joeseagl
    1. Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
    2. From the Edit menu, choose “Change Password for Keychain 'login.'”
    3. Enter the old password of your user account in the Current Password field.
    4. Enter the new password of your user account in the New Password field.  Enter the same password in the Verify field.
    5. Click OK when done, then quit Keychain Access.
  • by cranrob,

    cranrob cranrob Sep 29, 2016 12:17 PM in response to joeseagl
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 29, 2016 12:17 PM in response to joeseagl

    I'm having this problem too, although for me it started after upgrading to Sierra. It appears that the "Local Items" keychain is only present if your are NOT using iCloud Keychain. If you turn off iCloud Keychain and select the option to keep the keychains items on your Mac, the name of the keychain changes from "iCloud" to "Local Items". Turning iCloud Keychain back on reverts it back to "iCloud", but does not solve the problem for me. I will try again, but this time select the option to delete the keychain items and see what happens.

  • by cranrob,

    cranrob cranrob Sep 30, 2016 5:37 AM in response to cranrob
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    Sep 30, 2016 5:37 AM in response to cranrob

    Update: Selecting the option to delete the keychain when turning off iCloud Keychain did not help. Sorry.

  • by Njofrekk,Apple recommended

    Njofrekk Njofrekk Sep 30, 2016 5:58 AM in response to cranrob
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    Sep 30, 2016 5:58 AM in response to cranrob

    This problem occurs because your account password doesn't match your keychain password and they have to match for your Mac to access Keychain seamlessly.

    Check out this article and follow the steps to fix the issue.

    If your Mac keeps asking for the login keychain password - Apple Support

    If some keys from the keychain still give you problems and ask for authentication, try checking the Keychain if you have two or more identically named keys inside with only differing attribute being Date modified and delete the older versions.

    I had a similar if not the same issue with keys for Microsoft Lync for Mac when I changed my account password. I updated my keychain password but the Keychain kept the older version of the key and every time Lync came online it informed me the password was incorrect, bla bla bla. I deleted the older version of the key and on next log on, Lync updated itself and never asked for it again.

    Good luck.

  • by cranrob,

    cranrob cranrob Sep 30, 2016 6:13 AM in response to Njofrekk
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 30, 2016 6:13 AM in response to Njofrekk

    The problem isn't with the login keychain, it's with the iCloud keychain. ("Local Items" is associated with the iCloud keychain, not the login keychain). My login password and keychain passwords all match. There are no identically named keys in either login or iCloud keychains.