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Benyi90 Author

Level 1

22 points

Local Items Keychain Password

So after I installed Mavericks, it's constantly asking me for LOCAL ITEMS password. I have no idea what that password is, that keychain is locked and I don't know what to do with it. I tried with Keychain First Aid, it says that 'Login keychain is not found' and reports that as error. I tried to remove keychains, it doesn't resolve the problem. Everytime I open safari it ofers me to restore to default but it ends with Local items password which I dont know. I also tried to Reset my default keychain but it says there is no default keychain. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 4:05 PM

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acme420

Level 1

6 points

Posted on Jan 26, 2014 12:34 PM

you don't need to do all that, just go to the hidden library ~/library/keychains

remove the folder thats all alphanumeric

and restart machine. the end. that is all. no console commands or anything that complex.

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JasverS

Level 1

0 points

Jan 7, 2016 1:35 PM in response to acme420

Thanks for the tip. This worked.

Jan 21, 2016 4:20 PM in response to dathb

Tried all of these tricks on a friend's computer and now it's locked and not letting her log in. She's currently on hold with Apple... :-/

jc34br

Level 1

4 points

Oct 7, 2016 9:24 AM in response to shellcode

This worked great after changing my iCloud password in El Capitan. Thanks!

Nov 21, 2016 9:00 PM in response to Benyi90

I am unable to open my mac desk top since I have no keychain password that will work very angry

Nov 21, 2016 9:13 PM in response to Pleasehelp me

Someone help I'm ready to ditch apple

Dec 1, 2016 2:04 AM in response to shellcode

Thank you. That fixed my similar problem (didn't know what the password was due to me setting a new password incorrectly I think, causing me lots of problems)