com.apple.icloudhelper wants to use login keychain

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Launch 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 login 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, unless you've changed it.

Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select

Change Settings for Keychain "login"

In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked.

From the menu bar, select

Keychain Access ▹ Preferences ▹ First Aid

If the box marked

Keep login keychain unlocked

is not checked, check it.

Select

Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid

from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.

Your solution worked perfectly. Thank you.

I'm using different password for keychain access and for login account.

Then you will always have to enter the keychain password, every time you log in. The password is not stored.

It's a built-in system component, not documented publicly. Judging by the name, it has something to do with iCloud, but otherwise you know as much as I do.

Hey guys, really need your help! My parents bought mac air when they were visiting me in NYC, but now they are back to Russia and they are having this problem. I tried to guide them through different procedures numerous times, but every time they would click on Keychain login sign (their LOCK icon is locked) the spinning wheel would appear and the Keychain freezes. Tried quitting the program, restarting computer, force quitting, but nothing helps. as soon as we click on the icon the wheel is there. There's no apple support center where they live! Any ideas on what can help?

I am having this exact same problem on my MacBook Air .... would love some help too 😕

You're not talking to Apple technicians, just volunteers.

Instead of hanging off the end of someone else's problem, start your own thread.