exporting keychain passwords

The script runs w/o issues on my machines, so I have no idea why it's not working on yours. Run it and provide error details and we should be able to sort things out for you. It does require that the Keychain Scripting.app be in /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/.

Here's the script, so you don't have to go back.

<begin script>

+set osXKeychainScriptingPath to ¬+
+ (path to scripting additions from system domain as Unicode text) ¬+
+ "Keychain Scripting.app:" -- one line+
+set theSecuridPIN to {}+

+tell application "Keychain Scripting" to launch+
+tell application "Keychain Access" to launch+

+using terms from application "Keychain Scripting"+
+ tell application osXKeychainScriptingPath+
+ set KeyList to every Internet key of current keychain+
+ repeat with aKey in KeyList+
+ set theSecuridPIN to theSecuridPIN & ((name of aKey) & tab & ¬+
+ (account of aKey) & tab & (password of aKey) & return) as text+
+ end repeat+
+ end tell+
+end using terms from+

+tell application "Keychain Scripting" to quit+
+tell application "Keychain Access" to quit+

+tell application "Finder"+
+ open for access file (((path to desktop folder) as text) & "Passwords") with write permission+
+ set theFile to result+
+ write theSecuridPIN to theFile+
+ close access theFile+
+end tell+

<end script>

Don't know why it's erroring on the path.

What is really annoying of executing this code is that I need to manually confirm the access to all passwords.

That's expected behavior as I explained in linked post;

+The first time through you'll have to click the Allow Always and/or Allow Once button for each username/password combo…+ Do note that I only click the right-hand button.

I've not found a way to automate that. However, since I only run it every three or four months, it's not much of an imposition.

Does that mean it ran and created the Passwords file for you? Scripting is a useful thing to learn. Best source, IMO, is AppleScript 1-2-3.

Sorry, I thought the error was coming before you changed the path. From the MacErrors.h file, there's this:

+*Dialect-specific AppleScript errors:*+

+The range -2780 thru -2799 is reserved for dialect specific error codes for+
+scripting components that support dialects. (Note that error codes from+
+different scripting components in this range will overlap, as well as error+
+codes from different dialects in the same scripting component.)+

If possible, change your language to English and see if that error goes away. It might be a localization issue.

If it errors on password of aKey, then I suspect that the login.keychain might have issues. Launch Keychain Access, select Keychain First Aid, and verify and repair the keychain. This script has worked for over five years and no one else has mentioned this kind of error. As I noted above, I just ran it with 10.6.4 w/o errors.

Baltwo, this worked for me with one problem. It is exporting my default keychain. I have created another keychain file that stores all my passwords, credit cards etc. but is not the default. How do I tell the script to export my "Scott's Passwords" keychain?

Thanks in advance!

AFAIK, you have to change *current keychain* to something like *keychain whose name is XXXX*. Check the dictionary for Keychain Scripting. Alternatively, remove the login.keychain file from your /Library/Keychains/ folder, rename this other one to login.keychain, restart, run the script, and then revert back.

Thanks for the feedback. So fixing the issues with the keychain eventually allowed the script to work as intended. Good computing.