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User profile for user: RWG123
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Keychain "login" cannot be found-pop up keeps coming up on my screen. I have OS X 10.9 using a Mac Mini. I am no longer able to receive email on this computer either, but can retrieve my mail on my i pad. Anyone else having this problem with Keychain?

I am fairly NEW Mac user, as I was convinced by my co workers that it was the best and I would have no more worries as I have had with the several PC's I owned.


Things have been great until recently. I keep getting a pop up on my screen that reads "Keychain Login cannot be found to store myemail @icloud.com...... also Keychain login cannot be found to store Safari etc........I can no longer receive emails on my computer either. It has something to do with the computer no longer being able to find stored passwords?????? Any help would be appreciated .

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 3, 2014 4:32 PM

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User profile for user: Linc Davis
Linc Davis
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Feb 3, 2014 6:03 PM in response to RWG123

At some point, you reset your keychain to default in Keychain Access. That caused your login keychain to be renamed.

Back up all data.

In Keychain Access, delete the login keychain from the keychain list. Choose Delete References when prompted, not Delete References & Files.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

~/Library/Keychains


In the Finder, select

Go ▹ Go to Folder...

from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens ( command-V), and press return. A folder will open. Rename the file "login.keychain" in that folder to something like "login-old.keychain". Rename the file "login-renamed.keychain" to "login.keychain".

Back in Keychain Access, select

File ▹ Add Keychain...

from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file you named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.

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Keychain "login" cannot be found-pop up keeps coming up on my screen. I have OS X 10.9 using a Mac Mini. I am no longer able to receive email on this computer either, but can retrieve my mail on my i pad. Anyone else having this problem with Keychain?

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