the password management system in OS X
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Applescript to retrieve account and password using keychain scripting
How can I use keychain scripting to write a script in Applescript that retrieves the login and password of a website from the login keychain, given the website's URL?
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Move items from old keychain to new keychain
I've just done a clean Mountain Lion install, and one thing bothers me a lot:
How can I move passwords from my old keychain to the one created by the installer when it performed a clean install ...
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iMac not logging probably due to keychains problem
iMac OS X Lion.
I have 2 accounts with password.
On the first account, I was messing up the keychains thing. If I recall correctly, I think I deleted all private keys I had and added exported keys ...
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Why are Safari and Chrome not throwing warnings after removing the root certificates
Certificates issued by DigiNotar have been blacklisted today by Mozilla. Viewing websites with certificates issued by DigiNotar with a nightly build of Firefox will render warnings.
Instead of ...
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How to move the /Users to an encrypted ZFS drive?
When setting up a ZFS pool on an encrypted CoreStorage volume, a manual typing of the password is required each time for mounting the volume (due to the problem of OS X thinking that the password is ...
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Will iCloud backups of iOS devices restore the iOS Keychain?
Prior to iCloud, it was necessary to explicitly encrypt iOS device backups in order to include passwords stored in the iOS Keychain. Indeed, this was an important and recommended use of encryption, ...
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How do I remove many system roots from Apple System Keychain?
The Apple keychain application will not let you remove system roots, it will only allow you to disable them. It will only allow you to disable them one at a time. For each one, you need to go through ...
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How to fix Lion Mail.app that keeps asking for keychain password?
I am getting this message every time I start mail.app.
I've read this tech note, but neither checkbox is selected.
I've run Keychain First Aid, and no problems were found.
How do I fix Mail.app in ...
