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Q: MacBook Pro email repeatedly asks for keychain access

Recently I had a problem with my wife's Macbook losing track of the email accounts. Today my MacbookPro lost the email passwords as well. I reentered the values into the mail setup area, but now it repeatedly asks for access to the keychain. Why is this happening all of a sudden?

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Posted on Feb 5, 2016 7:01 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 5, 2016 8:22 PM in response to lwhitcomb
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    Feb 5, 2016 8:22 PM in response to lwhitcomb

    Please take these steps to resynchronize the iCloud keychain. Your keychain on iCloud and your other Apple devices won't be affected. Take Step 2 only if Step 1 doesn't solve the problem.

    Step 1

    Back up all data.

    Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm—the data will remain on the servers. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device. Test.

    Step 2

    If you still have problems, uncheck the Keychain box again and continue.

    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. Inside it is a subfolder with a long name similar to (but not the same as) this:

               421DE5CA-D745-3AC1-91B0-CE5FC0ABA128

    The above is only an example; yours will have a different name of the same general form. Drag the subfolder (not the Keychains folder) to the Trash and empty.

    Restart the computer and re-enable iCloud Keychain.