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I keep getting the pop- up "safari.app wants to use the keychain login". I keep repairing the keychain permissions but the message still keeps appearing. Can you help me solve this please?

I keep getting the pop- up "safari.app wants to use the keychain login". I keep repairing the keychain permissions but the message still keeps appearing. Can you help me solve this please?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 1, 2011 1:44 PM

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Sep 10, 2011 8:25 PM in response to glesgaglutton

On a new computer, I kept getting popups for various applications wanting to access the keychain ("...wants to use the "login" keychain"). It was driving me crazy but I finally figured it out:


Run the "Keychain Access" program and right-click on the login keychain and select "Change Settings for Keychain "login"...". In my case, I found that the keychain was set to automatically lock after 5 minutes of inactivity or anytime the computer went to sleep. (When did this become the default for new machines?) I unchecked those boxes and all was fine. After one more pop-up, I have never been asked to authenticate the keychain again.

I keep getting the pop- up "safari.app wants to use the keychain login". I keep repairing the keychain permissions but the message still keeps appearing. Can you help me solve this please?

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