I've forgotten my keychain login password; any ways to reset or recover it?

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I've forgotten my keychain login password; any ways to reset or recover it?

Since upgrading my macbook to OS 10.9.3 I am asked for my keychain login a squillion X a day! Thought I'd written the password down but it's not recognised when I enter it. I now have to press cancel to this request thousands of times every time I open fresh webpages/documents... It's driving me nuts! Please help me to reset the keychain login, or override it? Thank. PS I am not at all "techie" so plain English would be v helpful :O)

Posted on Jul 14, 2014 3:00 AM

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Barney-15E

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Jul 14, 2014 4:23 AM in response to Ennbe

Is this what you are seeing? OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain

If not, try Keychain First Aid in the Keychain Access program. It may or may not help.

You can also reset the keychain Keychain Access. There is no way to recover its password. There is no way to recover the stored passwords if you reset the keychain.

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Jul 15, 2014 12:51 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks, Barney-15E, I'll give all that a try. Wish me luck! No worries about losing any passwords if I manage to reset the keychain: because I can't enter my keychain login, I can't save any new passwords anyway! Thanks for your help.

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