How do I restore my old keychain information?

I did a keychain password reset. It said the passwords were "set aside" and not deleted.

Please do not reply with "you are screwed" as I know there was a way in every other OS version that had keychain. I just haven't been able to figure it out with Mavricks yet.


Thank you in advance...sorry if I seem frustrated. Been trying for 4 hours.

MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Sep 22, 2014 7:25 PM

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Sep 22, 2014 10:46 PM in response to wishihadapc777

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

~/Library/Keychains

In the Finder, select

Go ▹ Go to Folder...

from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return. A folder will open. Rename the file "login.keychain" in that folder to something like "login-old.keychain". Rename the file "login_renamed_1.keychain" to "login.keychain". You can then close the folder.

Back in Keychain Access, select

File 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 you 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.

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