Want to disable Keychain on iMac

Wish to disable Keychain - pros and cons?

Posted on Jun 12, 2020 7:10 AM

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Posted on Jun 12, 2020 8:26 AM

Never do this period - You will destroy your OS.


It contains software licence codes , and certificates necessary for a host of things including your internet access.


It is vital .


Its rather more than simple password storage .


Whilst it’s not exactly the same as the windows register it does share some similar characteristics.


Mess with it at your peril .




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Jun 12, 2020 8:26 AM in response to lorwahl

Never do this period - You will destroy your OS.


It contains software licence codes , and certificates necessary for a host of things including your internet access.


It is vital .


Its rather more than simple password storage .


Whilst it’s not exactly the same as the windows register it does share some similar characteristics.


Mess with it at your peril .




Jun 12, 2020 9:46 AM in response to lorwahl

Leave Keychain alone! It´s part of macOS and can´t be deleted. While stupidly tinkering with it a couple of years ago I completely toasted the OS on my iMac, and I had to wipe the internal drive and re-install the System and everything else from scratch! Fortunately I had up-to-date Time Machine backups and a clone. To this day I don't even open it because I obviously don't understand it properly. My advice: just forget about it! It´s a tiny app (4,9 MB) and can easily be ignored and left alone. You have been warned!! Regards, Ian.

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