Q: keychain is killing me

I restarted my mac and now it keeps asking for my keychain password and I input the correct one and it won't accept it. The window is popping up every second and it's maddening. And, it won't even give me the option of resetting the password???

If I can't reset it how do I disable it?

Posted on Nov 6, 2015 7:04 AM

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a brody

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You may need to go through a complete password reset at this point as this article for 10.7 and later explains.

Posted on Nov 11, 2015 4:50 PM

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by a brody,

a brody Nov 6, 2015 8:21 AM in response to aimybeth
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Nov 6, 2015 8:21 AM in response to aimybeth

Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X - Apple Support

Be sure when you setup your keychain to select Always accept password, and not just once. It is when you accept once it can get messed up.
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aimybeth Nov 11, 2015 10:10 AM in response to a brody
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Nov 11, 2015 10:10 AM in response to a brody

Gosh, thanks for the help but, in order to do all of that Keychain asks for my password! What's crazy is I input the correct password and it does nothing. It doesn't even ask me to reset it. Just nothing. I can't do anything without getting passed the password prompt, which I cannot. I've tried deleting Keychain, I've even shut my computer of and restarted while pressing command r! Still popping up. Good grief
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a brody Nov 11, 2015 4:50 PM in response to aimybeth
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Nov 11, 2015 4:50 PM in response to aimybeth

You may need to go through a complete password reset at this point as this article for 10.7 and later explains.
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litcho85 Nov 15, 2015 3:47 AM in response to aimybeth
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Nov 15, 2015 3:47 AM in response to aimybeth

For reset completely keychain you can also do this:

-Press Shift+cmd+G

-Type this:
~/Library/Keychains

Then remove all the content in this folder and reboot Mac!
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