Update AppleID Settings - macOS Catalina

Done everything mentioned here multiple times, including changing password, logging out, logging in, turning on keychain etc etc..

Still Getting the message and keychain won't enable, just an endless loop of entering passwords. Been doing this for over 24 hours.. Ridiculous.

I have the same issues with fixing this problem.

Up till now no luck.

I reached out to Apple and they've made a ticket for it.

Hopefully they're gonna provide a solution.

Will keep you posted.

By the way, the AppleSupport member I spoke to wasn't aware of this thread and therefor the problem.

I also have other issues since installing Catalina.

I lost my iTunes music library.

Books.

And my calendar/delegates are gone.

The first two problems were solved when I logged into the MacBook AppStore.

That finally started synchronising my music and books.

Have not been able to fix Calendar up till now.

This is what I am experiencing too.

None of the suggestions have worked for me, I've entered the iCloud and computer password more than 20 times, now iMessage stopped working, when I enter the iCloud password to login into iMessage I get "An error occurred during authentication"

I have tried all the fixes so far. It also says my 'keychain "login" cannot be found to store'. My options are either "Cancel" (which gives me the "An unknown error occurred") or "Set to Defaults". If I follow that latter path it still ends up with an error.

I've tried logging in and changing my password so many times now. It's been DAYYYSSS. Why did I update??

So on my mac I finally got Keychain checked but it's still saying to update apple ID settings.

Macbook Pro is on the same boat so not even trying with that one anymore.

Added bonus, now I can't turn Keychain on on my iPhone.

Also in the same situation where I have too much on icloud to fully sign out and back in.

But if thats the only choice...

So I’ve completely erased my HD, reinstalled Catalina (Great fun with a 3mb download speed) and still the stupid message comes up and keychain won’t enable.. if anyone wants a late 2015 MacBook Pro, it’s in a few pieces just outside my window.

Im sure Apples tag line used to be “it just works”...

Like **** it does.

I tried the rename keychain file (was apsd.keychain now apsd.keychain.old) rebooted. Went to system preferences and tried to logon with Apple ID again, now it just sits there with the spinning wheel on the Apple ID box. I let it sit for 30 minutes, did a reboot and tried again, same problem. Any ideas on what to try next???

Thanks

I also did not keep any of my data on the Mac and let it start all over when it asked what to keep as i did it. Not sure if that might be part of the issue. Sorry it is not working for you yet. This is not good for Apple, kinda a basic thing that should not be happening.

I’ve done a complete fresh install, the Mac has no data on it. Still won’t allow keychain to be ticked, still won’t get rid of that stupid message.

This isn’t the first time it’s happened, it did it on Mojave too. I had to delete my keychain completely to fix that. I’m not getting the option to this time.

I followed the steps as I saw my keychain access was also not enabled.

I was prompted to do the following:

• Input password for Apple ID
• Input password used to unlock this MacBook

Unfortunately keychain was not enabled. I've tried multiple times with no success.

This doesn't work at all. It seems it works, but if you get back to it again after sometime you would see Keychain is un-ticked. Select again, you would be prompted to enter the password again. Cycle goes on. Already tried it more than 50 times.

I have the same as prasenjits above. It appears that nothing I can do can get rid of this error. Its really beginning to annoy mean i've filled the password at least 30 or 40 times now, following all the different advice too.

Come on Apple, this has been one of the worst 'Upgrades' I've had in 13 years of Apple use.

Yay finally the Apple ID continuous loop is fixed. As a new MacOS convert I was about to end it all and just reset my MacBook. Thanks WilliamS for posting this info.

Hey Apple I shouldn't have to go 3 pages deep to find the answer, this really should be at the top of page 1.

I'm having the same problem. Clicking keychain doesn't work. In fact, it auto unchecks almost immediately after being checked.

On top of it all, I don't really want to use icloud keychain. Apple needs to fix this.

Checking Keychain does not help. It just endlessly says setting up. In fact this time around it said my passwords were not valid and I needed to be redirected to the change password page. Even attempting to change the password failed and sent me back to this same loop. I have entered my Apple ID and MacBook password multiple times while the Update ID Security prompt remains.

I just had to buy my first Windows laptop to be compatible with a program at work. The new Surface 3 Laptop is very nice. I do not want to have to go back to Windows. It is not that Windows is getting that much better. It is just the Mac OS is getting that much worse.