Keychain password windows close immediately

My keychain password windows don't stay open long enough for me to show my password. I have no clue what is going on. Any suggestions appreciated!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13), mid 2014 retina 2.2 Ghz i7

Posted on Nov 7, 2017 12:46 PM

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Nov 7, 2017 5:35 PM in response to guattari

See this article View the information stored in a keychain - Apple Support

And as per this article macOS Sierra: General System Preferences

Ask to keep changes when closing documents

Unsaved changes are saved automatically when you close documents. If you also want to be asked to save changes, select this checkbox.

Close windows when quitting an app

Select to close app windows when you quit an app. The windows won’t reopen automatically the next time you open the app.

User uploaded file

Also enter in user library macOS Sierra: Library folder

Find a folder Preferences drag and drop com.apple.systempreferences.plist and com.apple.keychainaccess.plist to the desktop .

Restart the machine and open the browser , and keychain access for few minutes .

Nov 9, 2017 9:46 AM in response to guattari

Without installing the OS and if a new user account helped than its good to hear .You can transfer the data from old user account to the new one and can delete the old user account by entering in users and groups clicking the old corrupted first account , click on minus sign and select the box delete the home folder securely an article macOS Sierra: Delete a user or group

Seriously I was afraid something can go wrong as it was an issue of keychain .

Best wishes ! keep on computing 🙂 .

Nov 8, 2017 9:45 AM in response to tygb

I use malwarebytes, which I will uninstall. My problem is probably related to a kernel crash about a week ago (which happened while installing a printer driver update from the App Store). I lost my Safari passwords, which also disappeared from Keychain access. I restored Safari passwords from a backup, but did not change anything to Keychain (which no longer contains Safari passwords). Perhaps that is the source of my problem. Something is causing windows in Keychain to close almost immediately after opening, and it would be great to find a simple solution without having to reinstall everything...

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