Q: Okay. Got "System" and "System Root" unlocked, but "Local Items" refuses. What is that?
I read and successfully followed the advice at
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password - Apple Support
But...it only did 2/3rds the job. "System" and "System Root" I have now unlocked, but...."Local Items" refuses to unlock. My machine is a Macbook Pro under the thumb of OSX 10.9.4
1) Why would anyone care to unlock "Local Items" anyway? (yes...I am clueless)
2) This is an absurdly complicated kludge of a password maze, and rather stupid IMO....but then I know little about MAC, so maybe there's a reason for all this busy work. Please enlighten me, if you actually know.
3) So...how do I unlock the "Local Items"
Posted on Nov 22, 2014 9:09 PM
Hi Linc,
Did what you said: Force quit (Mail protested) then restarted. As you see from this screen shot of the Keypain Access, you will notice that on mine, regarding your Step-2, there is no iCloud Keychain visible on the left side panel, or anywhere on the Keychain Access window.
I've skipped "select iCloud Keychain from the list," and went to your next step: I opened KeyChain First Aid, and "repaired" the keychain. Window said repair complete. I did locate and opened the iCloud application and looked under "Manage" to see that it is named "iCloud" not something else. Also, while it does not name itself the "iCloud Preference pane" in the iCloud app there is a list of eleven Apple applications from "Mail" through "Fiind my Mac." They're all checked except for "Keychain" and "Back to My Mac". Lastly there is NO iCLOUD application in that list. So but for the absence of iCloud in my machine in your Step-2 and now here at your Step-3 there is no iCloud.
At this point it appears my Keychain is not on the Apple servers, but Keychain's annoying popup windows persist.
So....thanks anyway Linc, I guess more drastic measures are next.
Posted on Nov 24, 2014 3:00 PM
