I DO NOT know my Local Items Keychain password.

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I DO NOT know my Local Items Keychain password.

My "Local Items" KeyChain got set up when I downloaded Mavericks. I can't do anything now on my MacBook Pro. HELP. Apple, this feature STINKS. PLEASE fix it. I do not have a KeyChain called, Login. I only have, "Local Items, System, and System roots. I can't do ANYTHING on my MacBook now. As soon as i boot it up, it repeatly asks for the Local Items password. Once again, I DO NOT have a Keychain called Login. I have tried every password I can think of, Apple set it up and it really made me frustrated. VERY disapointed in Apple...

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 3, 2013 7:35 PM

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William Lloyd

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Nov 3, 2013 7:41 PM in response to kadeevanturner

Do you have a backup from before you updated to Mavericks? It would be in your ~/Library/Keychains folder.

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Tlix

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Nov 3, 2013 7:48 PM in response to kadeevanturner

Open up Finder, clicking Go on the menu bar then selecting Go To Folder. Type in ~/Library/Keychains and go to that folder. Delete the folder that is a series of alphanumeric characters such as 1A3B5C-6D8F-A1CD-3456. Then restart computer tot test.

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Answer 3

Nov 25, 2013 5:19 AM in response to kadeevanturner

Thank you - deleting the folder worked for me!

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Answer 4

Dec 2, 2013 2:46 PM in response to Tlix

I am having the exact same issue, but when I go the the Library/Keychains folder I only have the following folders:

applepushserviced.keychain, apsd.keychain, and two "system" keychains. Do you have any suggestions? I am afraid to delete something I shouldn't.

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Answer 5

Dec 2, 2013 3:27 PM in response to AlwaysColorado

NEVERMIND! I was looking in the wrong library, since the user library wouldn't show up - I looked up how to view my Home Library. This was exactly the fix I needed.

Thanks for the post and the help!

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wilson33

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Dec 6, 2013 6:11 PM in response to kadeevanturner

Thanks, finally I can work with my computer again.

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Answer 7

Jan 2, 2014 12:34 PM in response to Tlix

Deleting the wierd folder in ~/Library/Keychains worked for me, too. Thanks so much Tlix!

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Fatnam

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Jan 3, 2014 1:52 AM in response to Tlix

Thanks guys. This sorted it for me too :-)

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mjwood11

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Jan 10, 2014 4:09 AM in response to kadeevanturner

Fantastic this has been really annoying me THANK YOU!

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jimgag

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Jan 17, 2014 1:11 PM in response to Tlix

Thanks Tlix!! You're a hero in my eyes!!!!

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ACarmany

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Jan 30, 2014 2:27 PM in response to Tlix

What if it won't let me delete the folder because it's currently in use? Can you help me with that? Thanks!

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ACarmany

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Jan 30, 2014 2:31 PM in response to Tlix

Nevermind! I figured it out!! Thank you very much. 🙂

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Answer 13

Feb 8, 2014 9:00 AM in response to Tlix

This worked like a charm for both my wife and me. Thanks!

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Feb 23, 2014 11:34 PM in response to c3rp1n.t4xt

Hi - I can't even login in at all - any ideas??

I got the errors late last night and decided to shut down and look again this morning but now its coming up with OSX wants the local keychain popup at the login screen and is stuck! 😟

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Barney-15E

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Feb 24, 2014 4:40 AM in response to mdmcholet

mdmcholet wrote:

Hi - I can't even login in at all - any ideas??

I got the errors late last night and decided to shut down and look again this morning but now its coming up with OSX wants the local keychain popup at the login screen and is stuck! 😟

I don't know if it will work, but try to boot into Safe Mode and run the fix: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

https://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362

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