How do I restore the keychain passwords I accidentally deleted?

I accidentally deleted the Keychain access passwords. How do I restore them? I've been backing up on Time Machine.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 3:18 PM

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Feb 12, 2012 3:36 PM in response to SueGeoKer

Click on the finder in the dock. This will open a finder window. At the top menu, click on GO and hold down the option key. Select Library in the submenu. This is your User Library. It's hidden by default in Lion.


With that finder window active, locate the folder for Keychain, click to highlight that folder and then enter TM. Go back to the correct time frame and click restore.

Repeat the process for the preference files.

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