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Npalamidis Author

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19 points

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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Npalamidis Author

Level 1

19 points

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 5:26 PM

I solved this issue by doing the following steps:

1.- Opening KeyChain app

2.- Locking the Keychain by clicking the lock on the top left corner.

3. -Unlocking the Keychain, as soon as I typed my Admin Passoword it asked me to "Reset my iCloud KeyChain" I clicked yes because I didn't have setup my icloud keychain yet.

4.- Restart computer.

After performing this steps the computer restarted flawlessly and without asking for the "Local Items" password.

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DidierML

Level 1

9 points

Feb 14, 2017 1:00 PM in response to shellcode

Oh Lord all mighty, thank you very mucho. I struggled for an hour trying all sorts of things !

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