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Every day when I unlock my phone I get asked to approve Keychain with another device. It is activated on my Mac but I never get a notification asking me to do so. How can I fix this?
I have made sure everything is turned on and up to date.
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1
hi i keep getting this and cant see any notification on any of my other devices did you get a solution ?
i fixd this by going into th IMAC keychain approval application , there is a notification in there hidden that you can selct and approve the other device, completely hidden sorry cannot remember but you have to dig around in the keychain app - bizarre apple please sort
I had this exact problem that was beyond frustrating because all the forums I searched and tried did not solve my issue. Turns out the problem was local and I finally figured out what to do so if anyone reading this is experiencing this same message, try this:
1. Go to finder window
2. At the very top where the menu is, click on 'Go'
3. Hold the 'option' key and a 'Library' should suddenly appear in the dropdown list. Click it.
4. Navigate to the folder called 'Keychain'
5. Drag and drop it to desktop
6. Restart
7. After reboot, it may or may not ask you first thing to enter your appleID password. Enter it.
8. Now go to Systems Preferences > iCloud
9. You should now see that Keychain is no longer checked, and you should be able to then trash the folder on your desktop
Be aware that doing this does mean you will lose your saved passwords and/or credit cards stored, but there aren't any other options (at least that I came across) to resolve this issue anyway. In my case, I was so frustrated with the approval messages popping up on my other devices and keychain being stuck in the pending state, that I gladly was willing to start over.
Can't Approve Other Device with Keychain. No notification?
