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HELP Keychain Local Items Keeps popping up. How do I reset my Keychain 'Local Item's' Password?

My 'local items' Keychain keeps popping up and asking for a password on my Macbook Pro. I don't know what the password is. How can I reset it?
I know my "login" keychain and I have tried to do the following but was unsucessful:


Here are the steps from Apple I followed:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5473260?tstart=0

User uploaded file

But when I opened the box there was no option to 'Reset Password' (as seen here). This is what I got instead:

User uploaded file

I don't know my current password, how can I reset it?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Jan 23, 2016 6:29 PM

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Jan 23, 2016 9:07 PM in response to MalyonM

Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one. Back up all data before making any changes.

Step 1

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 2

Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

~/Library/Keychains

In the Finder, select

Go Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder named "Keychains" should open. 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.

Quit Keychain Access.

May 21, 2016 10:15 AM in response to Linc Davis

Will this work if I don't use iCloud? I don't have it enabled. These pop-ups started happening after I upgraded to El Capitan to use a new Pro Tools upgrade. At first they appeared whenever iTunes was open. (very annoying, since I use iTunes a lot for playback during my radio show.) That seemed to resolve itself, although I don't know what I changed. The latest pop-up is 'CalendarAgent wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the password." I don't use iCal either-- only an online calendar through Gmail. The alerts pop up every 10 minutes or so, and are very annoying. At the advice of one of a co-worker Mac expert in our IT department, I changed my keychain password. That didn't help. Any good advice on this I'd greatly appreciate. Thanks in advance!

HELP Keychain Local Items Keeps popping up. How do I reset my Keychain 'Local Item's' Password?

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