Q: Secure notes won't unlock

Try Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X - Apple Support

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I don't know about you but I always hate those problems that solve themselves. They seem to have a habit of coming back to haunt you at the least convenient time.

In the past I have had similar problems with Keychain and notes. My solution was I switched over to 1Password and have not had any problems again. I also discovered that 1Password was able to do far more then Keychain. Plus the encrypted database was synced between all my devices including my iPhone.

Linc

I've had the same problem with Keychain.  It will not allow me to see any secure notes.  I've got hundreds of notes.

I followed your instructions and the log is as follows:

12/27/15 11:43:55.279 AM SecurityAgent[881]: Ignoring user action since the dialog has received events from an untrusted source

12/27/15 11:44:00.076 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.FileStatsAgent) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

12/27/15 11:44:00.201 AM CalendarAgent[407]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.persistent.operation] [CalOperationQueue (x-coredata://B266FC50-4FE1-41FE-A343-8A98DC8C615C/ExchangePrincipal/p9): <CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7fef2ac129a0> failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1002 "unsupported URL" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=unsupported URL, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fef2d35ae20 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1002 "(null)"}}.]

12/27/15 11:44:45.569 AM SecurityAgent[881]: Ignoring user action since the dialog has received events from an untrusted source

I tried twice to unlock the secure note.  the events at 11:44:00.XX came up after the attempt to unlock the note.  I don't think they are related.

Also, I tried to restart the computer, and before the desktop was populated with icons, I opened Keychain and was able to unlock a secure note.  I checked the access control button, reviewed the window and return to the Attributes window and but could not unlock the note that was just opened.

your thoughts?

John

BTW Linc: I use Norton security software

Linc

I fixed the problem by disabling MagicPrefs!  Works fine now!

John

I fixed the problem by disabling xGestures (third party mouse gesture software).