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"local items" Keychain Nuisance

Hi all,


Does anybody know if there is a possibility to get rid of the "local items" Keychain?

This Keychain is the one which gets synchronized to the iCloud as it seems, but is even in use if iCloud is not used.


One disadvantage of this Keychain is that those passwords are not saved in a regular Keychain file. (in ~/Library/Keychains)

Migrating these Passwords to a new Computer gets somewhat complicated because of this.

Even manual moving every new Password to the Login Keychain to avoid "local items" doesn't seem to work.

For example Mail.app can't find the mail account passwords anymore if you do that.


Is there any way not to use "local items"?

i.e. to tell Apps (Mail, Safari, etc) to use the regular login.Keychain?


cheers


Yosemite 10.10.3

Posted on Jun 14, 2015 10:39 AM

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Jun 14, 2015 2:57 PM in response to zachi

There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.

Step 1

Follow the directions in this support article.

Step 2

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 iCloud 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.

Select

Keychain Access Keychain First Aid

from the menu bar and repair the keychain.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:

☞ Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".

☞ Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".

You can then close the folder.

Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose

Delete References

when prompted, not Delete References & Files.

Select

File Add Keychain...

from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file now named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.

Run Keychain First Aid again. Quit Keychain Access.

"local items" Keychain Nuisance

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