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Mojave Keychain questions: Red Xs, LastPass/Keychain conflicts

I'm exploring Keychain.

In "login", there are several listed.

Many have a red x on them. I understand, in general, these can be deleted safely as they will be recreated when go to those sites again.

Does this also apply to those that appear to be for Apple? , for example:

com.apple.ubiquity. ....

com.apple.idms.appleid ....

Apple Application Integration ....


Does this also apply to other sections of Keychain (Local Items, System, System Roots) where I see red Xs? I like things neat and tidy and really want to clean this up a bit ... many of the red x items are old. How safe am I going through and just deleting many of them? If someone can help me understand, that would be helpful.


Does anyone know whether Keychain is as secure for password keeping as, say LastPass or 1Password? I have LastPass ... and what got me started on all of this is that there seems to be some conflict between the two, especially in Safari. Any light someone can shed on this would also be great.


Thanks.

Kathy

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 20, 2019 8:41 AM

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Posted on Jun 20, 2019 8:52 AM

Greetings,


Thanks for posting your questions. The Keychain Access on the Mac does many things, including storing passwords. Any password stored in Safari is also stored inside of the Keychain Access as a built-in feature to save your passwords. Keychain Access also stores certificate data for visiting secure websites, so it is always used no matter what. The data is stored locally on the Mac or secured within iCloud Keychain - it is very secure.


Deleting anything from the Keychain may have unintended consequences, such as not being able to visit secure websites or load secure content. There is a small manual available to review that contains some information for review: https://support.apple.com/guide/keychain-access/what-is-keychain-access-kyca1083/mac

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Jun 20, 2019 8:52 AM in response to msbdms

Greetings,


Thanks for posting your questions. The Keychain Access on the Mac does many things, including storing passwords. Any password stored in Safari is also stored inside of the Keychain Access as a built-in feature to save your passwords. Keychain Access also stores certificate data for visiting secure websites, so it is always used no matter what. The data is stored locally on the Mac or secured within iCloud Keychain - it is very secure.


Deleting anything from the Keychain may have unintended consequences, such as not being able to visit secure websites or load secure content. There is a small manual available to review that contains some information for review: https://support.apple.com/guide/keychain-access/what-is-keychain-access-kyca1083/mac

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