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Q: Password Needed For Sending Emails - EVERYTIME

All of a sudden, every time I try to send an email from Apple Mail, using my iCloud account, I get a pop-up asking me to enter my system administrator password. Someone please help me figure this out before I throw this computer out the window. I am beyond frustrated right now.

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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), null

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 9:11 PM

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Q: Password Needed For Sending Emails - EVERYTIME

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 25, 2015 10:37 PM in response to AMILkita
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    Applications
    Feb 25, 2015 10:37 PM in response to AMILkita

    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.

  • by AMILkita,

    AMILkita AMILkita Feb 26, 2015 11:02 AM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (13 points)
    Mac OS X
    Feb 26, 2015 11:02 AM in response to Linc Davis

    It didn't work. I'm woking under the assumption that my Keychain got corrupt so I just decided to start a new one, which fixed the problem.

     

    Thanks for your suggestion.