HT201993: Mac OS X: Using Keychain Access to search directory services for certificates
Learn about Mac OS X: Using Keychain Access to search directory services for certificates
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by Linc Davis,May 1, 2014 3:40 PM in response to meganreynolds92
Linc Davis
May 1, 2014 3:40 PM
in response to meganreynolds92
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ApplicationsThere are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.Step 1Follow the directions in this support article.
Step 2Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Select the iCloud keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain.
Step 3Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. 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.Step 4Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:- Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
- Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
You can then close the folder.Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose Delete References when prompted, not Delete References & Files.
SelectFile ▹ 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 now 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.Run Keychain First Aid again. Quit Keychain Access.
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Dec 9, 2014 5:13 PM in response to Linc Davisby Bickity,Linc, thank you so much. This has been driving me nuts for weeks. Step 1 worked like a charm.
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Jul 24, 2015 9:06 AM in response to Linc Davisby twilliams3011,How do I turn keychain off on my iPhone. this is so annoying. I have gone into the settings tab and turned off. As soon as I leave the page, it automatically turns itself back on again.
Many thanks!
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Sep 16, 2015 4:30 PM in response to Linc Davisby sbduggan,Linc: Just wanted to say: you are a wizard :-) Took me most of the steps but thank you for taking the time to write this up. Wonderfully helpful
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Nov 16, 2015 6:32 PM in response to Linc Davisby Qat_,Hi Davis,
The link provided in step 1 no longer works a year later, where can I find it?
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Nov 27, 2015 8:58 AM in response to meganreynolds92by drkobra,★HelpfulI had been trying to fix this issue for months on my mac. I just spoke to an apple rep and he helped me resolve this in less than a minute. Here is how:
- In Finder, press the key 'option' and click on 'Library' under 'Go'.
- In library folder, scroll down to 'keychain'.
- Click on the arrow to the left of keychain to reveal what's under it.
- Delete everything under keychain, but not the keychain folder itself. (In my case, I had to delete 3-4 files and a folder).
- Restart the mac.
- Voila, you are done. No more annoying pop-ups.
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Dec 9, 2015 10:21 AM in response to drkobraby mikederr,After resetting icloud keychain setting - enable/disable ...doing keychain repair, this helped me!!!
I only had to log back into icloud one more time after reboot. Thanks DRKOBRA!
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Mar 31, 2016 9:55 AM in response to drkobraby saje,This did not work for me. For each of the items under keychain, I got, "...cannot be modified or deleted...."
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