Q: FaceTime, iMessage, etc., Password prompts repeatedly appear, despite dismissal.

Back up all data before proceeding.

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 and start typing the name.

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

There are four checkboxes in the window that opens. Check all of them. if they're not already checked. Close the window.

Select

          Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid

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

If you use iCloud Keychain, open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.

I am having this problem too, but I get 5 popups all asking for my iCloud password. I tried the tip above from Linc Davis, but that didn't work. I've also disabled iCloud on my other devices and there is still no difference. This is very annoying and I can't use my laptop ethier without these annoying popups.

Macbook Pro Retina 10.10.2, iPhone 6 Plus 8.1.3

Hi,

Whilst your iCloud ID may in fact be the one used in FaceTime, as the iMessages ID in Messages, the iTunes ID along with the App Store and even the Game Centre they can in fact be different.

You can consider that you have an iTunes ID - possibly linked to the Apple Store ID as they can access the same Money payment options or Credit you have.

In addition the same is true of iMessages. You can sign Out of iCloud and the iMessages account will still  work.

If you are using the same ID in all these place I would check each app in turn.

As Link says the normal place this is an Issue is if the Login Keychain is not using the same Password and the Mac User Account Login.

It is the second one down that is the most important in this respect.

Then it has to be Unlocked for other app to Read it.

Can you confirm this is what you did ?

I know this seems pedantic but it will give us a chance to see if the Instructions are as clear as we think they are.

Next.

In a Finder window use the Go Menu whilst holding down the ALT key.

Select the Library item that shows when you do this.

Navigate to Keychains.

Highlight the Login one.

Right Click and select Get Info.

At the bottom it should show the Same name as in The Users Folder for your account (the one with the Little House icon)

You should have Read and Write permissions.

If you highlight your name then use the little Cogwheel type icon underneath you should see text that is Greyed Out (It is grey if You Own the item already)

This is a Sample pic

DO you Own the Keychain and do you have Permission to Read and Write to it ?

9:13 pm      Tuesday; February 3, 2015