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keychain access won't open

I lost Keychain Access. It opens and quits immediately. Discovered the problem after I couldn't log in to a website I use every day. First got error message, "invalid email or password" then when I tried to open Keychain to investigate, it wouldn't stay open. Closes in under a secind.

iMac 24″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Apr 2, 2022 1:44 PM

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Posted on Apr 3, 2022 3:53 AM

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


4 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


5 - If the issue persists after attempting each of the above in that order - please advise for additional trouble shoot suggestions.

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Apr 3, 2022 3:53 AM in response to andy zydekat

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


4 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


5 - If the issue persists after attempting each of the above in that order - please advise for additional trouble shoot suggestions.

keychain access won't open

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