Q: Local Items Keychain

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.

Hello Linc Davis, thanks for your guide.

I tried it but unfortunately I could not reach the "Keychain First Aid".

After trying different ways, including restoring from back up (on which I also failed) my iMac would only boot on recovery mode. As it would not repair or restore (I had an error message saying the disk could not be deleted), I had to call Apple Care. In hindsight, I should have contacted them from the beginning. So... here is their very quick fix to the window "talagent wants to use the "Local Items" keychain"

1. Open "Spotlight Search" by clicking on the magnifying glass on the top right of your screen or by pressing cmd ⌘ and the space bar.
2. Type "Keychain Access" and open the application.
3. When the app is open press cmd ⌘ and , (⌘ and comma) to open the app preferences.
4. Press the "Reset My Default Keychain" button.
5. Enter the password you use to log in into your computer and press "OK".
6. Now, you just have to enter that password into any window that pops up asking to unlock the "Local Items Keychain".

You don't have to restart your computer, although I did to make sure it worked.

I asked the Apple Care specialist who helped me to pass this information on to Apple to see if they can fix it or at least have clear instruction on their article "OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain". In the meantime, I hope these steps help any with this annoying issue!

Felix