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Q: "bla bla" want to use the "Local Items" keychain, but password isn't accepted.

I've been getting these incessant messages about the cloud, calendar agent, com.apple.internetaccounts, and others that want access to my "Local Items' keychain. But it won't accept the password I always use. I never changed my password until I've been battling this issue. I can't gain access to make the messages disapear because my password doesn't seem right. What can I do?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 18, 2013 2:37 PM

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Q: "bla bla" want to use the "Local Items" keychain, but password isn't accepted.

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  • by rccatalyst,Solvedanswer

    rccatalyst rccatalyst Dec 18, 2013 2:59 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 18, 2013 2:59 PM in response to rccatalyst

    Found this solution on another thread and it worked.

     

     

    1. Open terminal
    2. cd ~/Library/Keychains
    3. ls 
      1. When you 'ls' here you will see a folder that contains a bunch of random number liks so:
      2. 94ED610F-DD96-4ECF-A2BC-7D2F8651A464  (this number is unique on each system)
    4. rm -rf 94ED610F-DD96-4ECF-A2BC-7D2F8651A464
    5. Reboot
    6. <when you log back in everything should be back to normal>
  • by tradyblix,

    tradyblix tradyblix Dec 20, 2013 1:46 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 20, 2013 1:46 PM in response to rccatalyst

    This helped me. I had the same problem after upgrading from 10.9 to 10.9.1 on my macbook pro. Scary.

  • by ssmmrr,

    ssmmrr ssmmrr Dec 20, 2013 2:39 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 20, 2013 2:39 PM in response to rccatalyst

    I can't seem to make the suggested solution work.  When I enter cd~/Library/Keychains I get an error message that no such file or directory.   

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Dec 20, 2013 2:40 PM in response to ssmmrr
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    Dec 20, 2013 2:40 PM in response to ssmmrr

    ssmmrr wrote: cd~/Library/Keychains

    You typed it wrong

     

    cd ~/library/keychains

     

    There is a space between cd & ~

  • by ssmmrr,

    ssmmrr ssmmrr Dec 20, 2013 2:42 PM in response to Csound1
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    Dec 20, 2013 2:42 PM in response to Csound1

    Great.  That got me further.   I then entered Is but it says command not found.  Now what?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Dec 20, 2013 2:46 PM in response to ssmmrr
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    Dec 20, 2013 2:46 PM in response to ssmmrr

    This is rccatylysts solution, I just corrected the typo you made. He'll see this and hopefully return to help you out.

  • by peter_watt,

    peter_watt peter_watt Dec 20, 2013 3:41 PM in response to ssmmrr
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    Dec 20, 2013 3:41 PM in response to ssmmrr

    The list command "ls" the first letter is l for lollipop. You typed I for India.

  • by Fabian17,

    Fabian17 Fabian17 Dec 21, 2013 4:41 AM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 21, 2013 4:41 AM in response to rccatalyst

    Thank you very much. It worked.

  • by bill501,

    bill501 bill501 Dec 22, 2013 12:21 PM in response to Fabian17
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    Dec 22, 2013 12:21 PM in response to Fabian17

    Thanks! It worked for me too. Does anyone understanding what the commands are actually doing?

     

    Bill

  • by ssmmrr,

    ssmmrr ssmmrr Dec 22, 2013 1:02 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 22, 2013 1:02 PM in response to rccatalyst

    Finally worked for me too once I got over the pecularities of the commands.  I too have no idea what the command meant but all I know is that they worked.    Thanks again.! 

  • by peter_watt,

    peter_watt peter_watt Dec 22, 2013 1:21 PM in response to bill501
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    Dec 22, 2013 1:21 PM in response to bill501

    bill501 wrote:

     

    Thanks! It worked for me too. Does anyone understanding what the commands are actually doing?

     

    Bill

     

    1. cd ~/Library/Keychains     "cd" changes the current directory to the chosen one
    2. ls       "ls" says List all files in the current directory (that we just changed)
    3. rm -rf          "rm -rf" says remove the file following the command, the -rf bit says don't ask, just do it, and completely!

     

    Linux and OSX share most of these unix-type terminal commands  http://ss64.com/osx/

  • by mbajpai,

    mbajpai mbajpai Dec 23, 2013 4:53 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Dec 23, 2013 4:53 PM in response to rccatalyst

    Deleting the keychain is irreversible and should be the last resort. Try current and previous passwords (if you remember) first. In my case, I faced teh same issue. I had to try the previous password, which worked. I didn't have to delete anything.

    My Mac is setup is in a corporate network and it uses the LDAP password, which has to be changed every few months. While Mac does cache the new password for the purpose of login, looks like the same is not used to update the keychain password. Which means that you have to manually change it.

  • by peter_watt,

    peter_watt peter_watt Dec 24, 2013 4:04 AM in response to mbajpai
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    Dec 24, 2013 4:04 AM in response to mbajpai

    Not sure I would totally agree mbajpai, keychains can easily get corrupted, and deleting is one of the standard options. Linux and OSX share the luxury of being able to delete these simple reference and preference files with little harm done, unlike Windoze with its ghastly registry complications.

    They are easily reconstructed by simply replying to requests for passwords when asked.

    If you ever have the misfortune of having to change Apple-ID due to a change in email address, then believe me deleteing the whole Keychain mess and starting again is a good plan. 

  • by markrowden,

    markrowden markrowden Jan 3, 2014 10:13 PM in response to rccatalyst
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    Jan 3, 2014 10:13 PM in response to rccatalyst

    Sorry but Terminal is rather alien to me. I open Terminal, tapped in 'cd ~/library/keychains' but nothing happens.

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