Macbook Pro OS 10.10.5. I unlocked "local items" in keychain access but can't lock it again. When I click the local items lock image nothing happens.
That is correct for the current software.
And you have camped on the end of a two-year old thread. Please start a new thread of your own and supply your Mac Model, MacOS version, and more information about the Exact issues you are facing.
The feature to repair keychains has been removed, by design. So there are no other methods available if what you insist on doing is locking that keychain and it refuses to lock.
If instead you could elaborate about what problems you are facing, and in what Mac and what MacOS, under what circumstances, readers are eager to help you through other methods.
To get the most rapid solution to your exact problem, you should start a new thread. You are welcome to post here instead, but your issue is more likely to languish without solution here than on a new thread.
There should not be an item with that name in the keychain list. Do you use iCloud Keychain?
Thanks for replying. No, I don't use iCloud. From applications:
Do the items in that keychain duplicate what's in the login keychain? If so, you should delete it. If there are only a few unique items, I suggest you drag them into the login keychain. You'll have to enter your password for each one. Then you can delete "Local Items."
They don't seem to want to be dragged. All except one date from 2014 when I upgraded my OS and started receiving messages requesting keychain access. Those are known to me. However, the latest stated that "messaging agent" wanted my keychain password, which is why I unlocked "local access." This appeared August 24, 2015:
There's an Indian software company called Macwill which may have nothing to do with this, but I deleted it to be on the safe side. It's not much use, though, if I can't lock the keychain.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain.
Keychain repair allowed me to drag some items into the log-in keychain, which was helpful. I deleted everything in local items but "delete keychain 'local items' is greyed out. Everything in the 'local' keychain was related to logging onto wifi at cafes and hotels until Macwill showed up, so I'll just monitor it for the moment. Thanks very much for your time.
There is no "Keychain First Aid"
If this thread was useless being two years old, then it shouldn't be public-facing. But it is. My problem was recapitulated exactly in the title.
There is a right-click menu on Local Items: Lock Keychain "Local Items".
When selected, Local Items does not lock.
This thread is high on Google. Languishing it isn't, as your reply demonstrated.
can't lock "local items" in keychain
