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Keychain Access First Aid - damaged item

OS 10.9.4


Ran Keychain First Aid verification and it failed, providing this message:


com.apple.system.DefaultSharingIdentity is damaged (missing encryption key


how can I fix it or is it not worth worrying about? What does it mean?


thank you

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 10, 2014 4:59 PM

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Dec 25, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Linc Davis

Repair started

Checking keychain configuration for tomek (user ID=504)

Home directory is /Users/tomek

Checked login keychain

Checked settings for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

Checked default keychain

Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

Item “com.apple.system.DefaultSharingIdentity” is damaged (missing decryption key)

Error: failed to remove item “com.apple.system.DefaultSharingIdentity” (0x186AD)

Item “tomek.orzechowski@me.com SharedServices” is damaged (missing decryption key)

Error: failed to remove item “tomek.orzechowski@me.com SharedServices” (0x186AD)

Warning: some problems were not fixed

Repair failed

Keychain Access First Aid - damaged item

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