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"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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Feb 5, 2017 2:42 AM in response to rccatalyst

I followed all the steps up untill the group of numbers which I had two, i did the same for both of them, when after I wrote reboot, mac refused to reboot. After I repeated the entire process again, now I come up with "breadcrumbIdentifier" and nothing changed. I manually rebooted my Mac, and I keep seeing the keychain popups still. At the moment I am dl ing Sierra hoping it will help. Could you please help or at least comment on this if anyone had the same experience too. Thank you in advance


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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>

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/

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.

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.

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

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