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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)
I'm new to this. Where is the user library>Keychains folder?
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.
Go to your user Library>Keychains folder and click restore.
You might also look for the preference files in you're User Library>Preferences folder> any com.apple.keychain .plist files.
Thank you! It worked.
Good to hear.
You're welcome
How do I restore the keychain passwords I accidentally deleted?
