Meesta Feesha
Level 1 (4 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Keychain Login: Password Requests, Login=Pinwheel

I recently had to reset my apple ID and now upon restart, Claendar Agent, Messages Agent, com.apple.icloudhelper.xpc, mail and accountsd all request the keychain password.  Unfortunately, what I type does not seem correct.  When I open Keychain Access and attempt to login, I get a pinwheel...


Does anyone know what has changed that would cause these password requests and more importantly how to make them stop?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 1TB Fusion Drive, 32GB

Posted on May 4, 2015 1:07 PM

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Meesta Feesha

Q: Keychain Login: Password Requests, Login=Pinwheel

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis May 4, 2015 4:29 PM in response to Meesta Feesha
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    May 4, 2015 4:29 PM in response to Meesta Feesha

    Please take these steps to resynchronize the iCloud keychain. Your keychain on iCloud and your other Apple devices won't be affected. Take Step 2 only if Step 1 doesn't solve the problem.

    Step 1

    Back up all data.

    Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm—the data will remain on the servers. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device. Test.

    Step 2

    If you still have problems, uncheck the Keychain box again and continue.

    Triple-click 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 and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

    A folder named "Keychains" should open. Inside it is a subfolder with a long name similar to (but not the same as) this:

               421DE5CA-D745-3AC1-91B0-CE5FC0ABA128

    The above is only an example; yours will have a different name of the same general form. Drag the subfolder (not the Keychains folder) to the Trash and empty.

    Restart the computer and re-enable iCloud Keychain.

  • by Meesta Feesha,

    Meesta Feesha Meesta Feesha May 4, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mac OS X
    May 4, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thanks Linc, but I don't have icloud... I have iCloud drive bit dont use it.  I opened keychain preferences, but I don't see a "keychain box".

  • by Linc Davis,Helpful

    Linc Davis Linc Davis May 4, 2015 8:06 PM in response to Meesta Feesha
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    May 4, 2015 8:06 PM in response to Meesta Feesha

    I opened keychain preferences, but I don't see a "keychain box".

    That's because it isn't there. It's in the iCloud pane of System Preferences.

  • by Meesta Feesha,

    Meesta Feesha Meesta Feesha May 4, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    May 4, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Ah, there it is... I knew I'd seen it (and I had a 4 digit password for it in my passwords!)  Thanks Linc.


    So... after beating my head against the wall a few times I handed it over to my lovely wife who fixed it promptly.  This is what she did:

     

    I opened a folder in finder and typed in "~Library/Keychains" and then hit enter. In this folder delete all the old keychains and their associated folders (you can match them up by the date/time as they should be close). Then restart right away before closing anything. The login should take your current password as the new keychain.