Mavericks Keychain keeps asking to unlock "Local Items" after install

Today I Updated my iMac from Mountain Lion to Mavericks.


After Installing the first boot went smooth but the mac after booting asked me to reboot again.


On the second Restart when the login window appeared also apeared a Password input window asking me to enter the password for several "LOCAL ITEMS" in the keychain but when I type my administrator password it won't work.


I hit the ESC key and the window appears several times asking for different password for several items that need access to "Local Items" in the keychain.


I tried opening the KeyChain and running the KeyChain firstaid but it didn't work.


Any help is greatly appreciated.

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 4:51 PM

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Oct 29, 2014 7:58 PM in response to Clif H

SSo I'm a new Mac user (well I have had no problems with the iPhone ipad world-just the MBA)...and I am having this "local items" & keychain issue after a software update. I've done everything in the previous posts short of putting it away in the 3 day old box. when I try to creat a "new keychain" , make/verify password, I get the pop up box "warning your Mac is going to melt into a silver hot puddle in your lap".., well not really, it says "keychain access wants to use the local items keychain, please enter password" and I can't enter the new password since I deleted the old and forgotten one. I can't go further except to cancel and the supposedly created "login" is nonexistent When I try to make the new one default. Please help! (and it was so shiny new...)

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