Please help
Popup window asking for a keychain password: what is this?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), I didn't setup any keychains.
Your Admin password.
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It doesn't work
It should be the password of the user account you are signed into.
Make sure your cap locks wasn't accidentally turned on.
Thank you. I tried both, admin pw and user pw, it doesn't accept any of them.
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The frequency of these popups changed in 3 hours to less and it disappears for some time when I click "cancel". Still, it's back when I try to set up icloud. The previous popups looked like this:
talagent wants to use the "local items"keychain
com.apple.icloudhelper.xpc wants to use the "local items" keychain
clendarAgent wants to use the "local items" keychain
identityservicesd wants to use the "local items" keychain
AdressbooksourcesSync wants to use the "local items" keychain
Thank you.
Take a look at this Knowledge Base article - hopefully it will resolve the problem: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362
Please follow the directions in this support article. If there's no change, see below.
Back up all data. Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to keep or delete the keychain items. Choose to delete and confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device. Test.
Thank you. Will try today.
Thank you, will try today.
Thank you Paul_31, I found that strange folder and deleted. No more popups.
Thank you Linc Davis, followed as described, problem solved, no more popups.
You're welcome.
This article did not work for me. I still get the same message popping up asking for a password. I don't know how this thing got created or where it came from. Do I need to wipe my harddrive to get rid of this? It seems like something from the Microsoft world of things that never make any sense.
I followed the instructions, deleted that folder, and restarted. Got the same messages again. What is it trying to tell me?
You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.
Please help