HT201609: If your Mac keeps asking for the login keychain password

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Q: Keychain Password Problems

I've forgotten my keychain password. I don't remember setting it up, but I'm sure I must have at some point. Previously my computer never asked me for one but I reformatted a few days ago and now it's asking me for a keychain password all the time and I don't know what it is.

 

Everything I look up tells me to go to System Preferences then iCloud then reset or change my password. But I can't enter iCloud because whenever I try to log in there, it asks me for my keychain password which I don't know and I can't enter that section without it. So are there any other options for finding or resetting my keychain password?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Dec 13, 2014 8:31 AM