I have keychain passwords enabled across all my devices - iMac running Mavericks, and iPad and iPhone running ios7. I chose not to set up a security code as I did not want my passwords stored in the Cloud.
My question is: if I need to completely reinstall my OS, or choose to do a clean install of a future update to OS such as Yosemite, how do I restore my keychain passwords without a security code?
You won't be able to if they are stored on the disk and you erase it.
Copy them first.
Hi, Blue Wammer
If you are going to migrate your user over after a clean install your keychains will be added as long as you don't decide to change your login.
This can be easily done through a Time Machine back up.
Regards
PJRS
Thanks for your response, PJRS, but if I were to do a clean install of, say, Yosemite I would almost certainly choose not to migrate my users from a TM backup. I would prefer to reinstall all my software from scratch and only restore data files from Time Machine (most are held on an external disk anyway). Could I still restore Keychain passwords from Time Machine in this instance (and if so where would I find them)?
Thanks, Csound1, but where do I find them to copy?
Restoring Keychain Passwords When Reinstalling OS
