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I copied my whole HDD from MBPOld to MBPNew, but saw the "Local Objects" Keychain is empty.

I then saw there is a folder in ~/Library/Keychains named like the UUID of the Mac. (which can be retrieved with system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Hardware UUID' | awk '{print $3}').

I restarted the Mac in recovery mode (by holding down Cmd + R) and opened up Terminal to rename the folder from OldMBP-UUID to NewMBP-UUID but still the local objects keychain is empty.

Is there any way to get this done?

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FYI: I just managed to get my keys to my new mac (this only works if you still have access to the old Mac and can boot it up):

  • (on the old mac) Remove your current user's password
  • Create a new keychain (without a password)
  • Copy all keys in "Local Items" to your new keychain
  • Copy the keychain to the new mac
  • (on the new mac) Remove your current user's password
  • Add the new keychain file
  • Copy all keys in the new keychain to "Local Items"
  • Delete the new keychain
  • Don't forget to set a password again after that

It's a bit annoying as you have to click "Allow" for EACH item in the keychain but well, it's the only thing I found that works.

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