Keychain First Aid appears to be missing after 10.11.2 update!

Apple will tell you it was removed by 10.11.2 update.

Keychain Access

Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and v10.11.1

Impact: A malicious application may be able to masquerade as the Keychain Server.

Description: An issue existed in how Keychain Access interacted with Keychain Agent. This issue was resolved by removing legacy functionality.

CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7045 : Luyi Xing and XiaoFeng Wang of Indiana University Bloomington, Xiaolong Bai of Indiana University Bloomington and Tsinghua University, Tongxin Li of Peking University, Kai Chen of Indiana University Bloomington and Institute of Information Engineering, Xiaojing Liao of Georgia Institute of Technology, Shi-Min Hu of Tsinghua University, and Xinhui Han of Peking University

It is a known issue. Keychain first aid is AWOL.

Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback/

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.2), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.2, Parallels10.0.2

I think I found an easier fix. I ended up going to Finder/Go/(Hold down OPTION)/Library/Keychains. I deleted the contents of the folder. Then I entered Time Machine and restored the contents of the folder from an earlier time. Afterwards, I went to System Preferences/Internet Accounts and manually input my passwords for my e-mail accounts-- not in the pop-up requesting the password but in the actual password field for the accounts. That fixed everything.

I finally called Apple support, and after 50 minutes and with the help of two customer service reps, they were able to solve the issue. It's too complex to reliably describe here, but I think the following may help: First, run Disk utility on the MacHD. Click First Aid. Not sure this helped but its what they told me to do first. Then, In Finder click on Go. Press the alt-option button, and Libraries will appear on the dropdown menu. Open Libraries and move the Keychains folder to the desktop. Then restart the computer. You may have to re-enter your Apple ID password or others (in my case, my Google password). It took me several restarts for this to work. Once it works, you can trash the Keychains folder you moved to the desktop.

I don't guarantee this. If you have 50 minutes to spare, I recommend calling Apple support. I have no idea why Apple doesn't post an official solution. It would save a lot of grief.

Mkalman wrote:

First, run Disk utility on the MacHD. Click First Aid. Then, In Finder click on Go. Press the alt-option button, and Libraries will appear on the dropdown menu. Open Libraries and move the Keychains folder to the desktop. Then restart the computer. You may have to re-enter your Apple ID password or others (in my case, my Google password). It took me several restarts for this to work. Once it works, you can trash the Keychains folder you moved to the desktop.

The above steps do not work for me. Basically, Apple instructed you to rebuild your entire keychain folder, which means you will be asked multiple times in multiple places to enter your login info again. You're rebuilding Keychain from scratch. I did that but I still don't see the First Aid command inside the "KeyChain Access" menu (just below "Preferences...") at all. That remains true regardless of which keychain I selected in the left "Keychains" sidebar.

Sorrythat didn't work for you. Bite the bullet, and call Apple Support.

I'm seeing this too. Didn't upgrade my primary machine from Yosemite until 10.11.2 was released and I'm now seeing this missing. I wanted to use it because I'm having tons of delays in Mail related to accountsd and keychain access.

well if somebody wants to help me get this sorted, i'd really be happy and you be appreciated. Im really hoping someone writes me really quick about this issue. im sure there is a solution to it. my system configurations are

OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7.
I cannot access the keychain's first aid it doesnt show any option stating "first aid", this to "resolve my login issue with I cloud, When i get to the "Key Chain Access Preferences" and manually try to 'Reset My Default Keychain' it say's 'UNIX Invalid Argument' and thus cannot access my I cloud or other apple integrated sectors". Please help me. I would really appreciate your feedback here.
Thanks Regards.
Amnosth

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i hope the apple team gets back at us asap. really appreciate you coming forward and stating the same issue with the downgrade of macintosh. i've had so many issues with the piece. technology is still at its development, we are fortunate to witness this. if only the apple service team got back at issues quicker, this would be termed no.1 computer company.

yep, me also??? anyone else know about this change???

Hi all, any solution to this?

Thanks

Umberto

hey namastê i have issues similar issues. i need help. this is rare to happen.

I use OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7. I cannot access key chain's first aid. please somebody help me. thanks.

hey any bodyyyyyyyyyyyy wanna help me get this issue fixed this is bothersome it pops up on the screen multiple times every 15-30 mins **** this or i may just considering restoring it.

I am having the same issue. Is there any solution?