Safari/KeyChain Not Saving Yahoo Mail Login/Password information?

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Safari/KeyChain Not Saving Yahoo Mail Login/Password information?

I have a MacBook Pro laptop, Mac OSX Version 10.6.8 and Safari browser Version 5.1.7 Snow Leopard. The problem is ... I recently changed my passwords on my Yahoo Mail accounts. Safari will not prompt to save my login information for Yahoo Mail. It works with other web sites and worked with yahoo mail before I changed passwords.

My attempts to correct the problem have been unsuccessful. I have tried the following:

1. Ran Updates

2. Clicked on Safari > opened Preferences >clicked Auto-Fill all 3 boxes checked

3. Finder >Applications > utilities > KeyChain I found Yahoo mail and removed the old ones.

4. With KeyChain open > Clicked KeyChain Access > Clicked KeyChain First Aid and Verify No problems found

5. KeyChain Access> File > New Password Item> Typed in KeyChain item Name as https://login.yahoo.com and tried mail.yahoo.com typed in Information and saved.

I have checked the apple sites, the only thing I have found is what I did in #2. the boxes were already checked.

May be I am missing the obvious here. If there is a solution I would appreciate the help. ?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 18, 2012 1:46 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 21, 2012 2:47 PM in response to suzettetxgirl

I'm having the exact same issue with Yahoo only on my iMac after changing the password. I've been trying to fix it since yesterday, and yes I'm updated. I also tried several fixes for the trojan. Not luck for me yet.

Corrections Completed for Safari 5.1.7:

1- verified all updates completed

2- deleted cookies for everything

3- deleted keychain access for yahoo account. Interesting is that after deleting cookies and keychain, the username and old password keep populating but it hasn't stored the new password because I never received the prompt to store.

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Answer 2

HemiDave

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8 points

Jul 23, 2012 5:12 AM in response to suzettetxgirl

I am in the same boat as well but mine is through iMail? I was constantly getting prompted by keychain to update my password and every time I did, while checking save to my keychain, it never did and the prompt kept appearing. I completely removed my email accounts from iMail, deleted my keychain items, changed my Yahoo password (through them), added my email accounts back in, and am still getting the prompt from keychain to enter my PW information. Not sure what is going on here with this but it's getting really annoying.

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