Why doesn't my keychain update when I change my password?

I must not have my keychain set up correctly because passwords in keychain don't change when I change my email passwords. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 8, 2014 11:20 AM

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Feb 10, 2014 7:06 AM in response to triweather

Hi triweather,


Welcome to the Support Communities!


The article below may be able to help you with this.


Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544


To reset your keychain in Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later:

  1. Open Keychain Access, which is in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder.
  2. From the Keychain Access menu, choose Preferences.
  3. Click General, then click Reset My Default Keychain.
  4. Authenticate with your account login password.
  5. Quit Keychain Access.
  6. Restart your computer.


Cheers,



- Judy

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