> I understand now Tim thank you. However, the log in never says local Mac > keychain as the screen is not lablelled. I wonder if anyone can ask Apple to > get this labelled for the next Addition of OS when it comes out in the fall > please? > > Thank you very much. > > Kawal. > >> On 30 Jul 2014, at 04:28 am, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I think that you might be confusing keychains. There is the iCloud keychain >> which is used for WiFi access points, web passwords etc, and there is your >> local Mac keychain. If it is asking for the Keychain at login like that, it >> is probably the local keychain password that it is asking for. In this >> situation, it is the password of the Admin user on your machine. In some >> cases, this does get corrupt, and it can usually easily be fixed by either >> going into the Keychain Utility in your Utilities folder or simply changing >> your password from within the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences. >> You shouldn't need to do any clean install to remedy this. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> In the last two days I have had to do a clean install of my Mac again even >>> though I did it last week. >>> >>> What happened was that I shut my Mac down at the beginning of this week as >>> I went away and didn't want anyone to get hold of the information in case >>> there was a break-in. So I had passworded all the information. >>> >>> On Thursday of this week, I got back and restarted the Mac. I was prompted >>> for my pass word which I put in. >>> >>> I was then asked for the keychain password as I had approved it from my I >>> phone when I originally put it in. So the Mac did not like it. So when I >>> finally got to the finder as I had reset my keychain, I was continually >>> asked for my key chain and thus I had to re-install twice because the first >>> time the information had not deleted properly. >>> >>> So my problem is, if I have an issue that I am asked for a keychain again >>> as I have approved it from my I phone, I may have the same problem again. I >>> don't like giving the keychain a passcode because I'm texted a very >>> complicated password to unlock it. There is no option in the Mac key chain >>> to get your device approved from another device when your Mac is asking for >>> its keychain. So what do people do on this list if they are asked for their >>> Mac keychain when they switch their Macs on if they want to approve it from >>> their I phone as I can see no option? >>> >>> Sorry about a long message but this was the only way to explain. At least I >>> have had practice doing a Clean install, perhaps a silver lining! >>> >>> Kawal. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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