Questions tagged [keychain]
The password management system in macOS
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After a password reset on a MacBook with a FileVault recovery key, can I access new changes in my iCloud Keychain without logging in to iCloud again?
Alternate phrasing of the core question: Where exactly is that secret stored which provides a MacBook with access to one’s iCloud account one previously logged in to?
I have a MacBook Pro (14", ...
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What is the difference between Password and Keychain?
What is the main difference between Password under settings and Keychain? I noticed that upon adding new credentials in Keychain, it is not included in the Passwords. However adding credentials in ...
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Where do iOS Apps store their persistent keychain data when run on an M1 Mac?
iOS apps can persist data between uninstalls as explained here
If an iOS app is run on a Mac, where would this data live? Is it accessible by the keychain viewer?
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Are all default Keychains on macOS synced to the cloud?
I am a bit confused, I have "login" and "iCloud" as default Keychains, are they both synced to Apple's cloud?
Is the "login" Keychain synced to the cloud the same way the ...
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Updated from El Capitan to Sierra (10.11 to 10.12) and now no login passwords work
I have an older Mac Pro that I’ve been meaning to update for quite some time so I downloaded the Sierra installer and updated it.
It appears the update goes fine and the system restarts but none of my ...
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How can I get an application's password in Keychain?
The password is stored in my iCloud Keychain. I'm trying to Show password but when I enter my password nothing happens. There is a note "Access for this item cannot be edited" in the Access ...
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TimeMachine - NAConnectToServerSync failed with error: 80
I am at a real loss. As it happens timemachinig to an external drive HFS drive (connected to a Mac Mini M2) used to work no issues.
I have also tried with an APFS just because.
Did all the dances I ...
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Keychain loses Bitbucket app password every time
I create a new app password in Bitbucket when git push asks for the password, I paste it and use it. Then I see the bitbucket login entry in Keychain, the next day when I push again git asks for the ...
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Programmatically retrieve Microsoft Office 365 account
I'm trying to programmatically retrieve the Office 365 account in use by users on a Mac fleet.
I discovered this is apparently stored in the keychain, either in the msoCredentialSchemeADAL internet ...
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Apple Keychain content is encrypted or encoded
Normally, it should show the account and the name in plain text. Then, if we click on 'Show Password,' it will display the password in plain text. However, currently, everything is encrypted or ...
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Can one inspect Passkeys on iCloud Keychain
So Apple syncs FIDO Passkeys across a user's devices using iCloud Keychain.
Can one inspect those Passkeys in ones own iCloud Keychain e.g. with the macOS app Keychain Access? I have tried with ...
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How secure are the notes stored alongside passwords in iOS?
I am not discussing the Notes app, nor the Secure Notes feature of the traditional Keychain Access on macOS - rather the NOTES section of Passwords found in the iOS Settings app. In looking for an ...
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application logins not saving = possible keychain issue
(2015 iMac running Monterey 12.6.6)
I'm having login in issues with 2 3rd party desktop applications (both from the App store) that I believe are linked, possibly to a keychain issue?
Evernote desktop ...
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Where does Safari persist the credentials of HTTP(S) Basic Authentication?
Some websites use HTTP basic authentication.
How can you save the credentials of this kind of login in macOS Safari?
Where does Safari persist the credentials?
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how to restore disappeared saved web passwords after changing local user login password
The web passwords saved for a local user "UL" have disappeared after changing that local user's password and I need to recover them.
Here is my specific setup:
I'm working on a MacBook Air ...
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How do I import smart card certs to use with Microsoft Outlook?
My goal is to send a signed email using a smart card (CAC). On support.microsoft.com, I found a help page that shows how to use sign the email using a cert, but I can't figure out how to select the ...
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Macbook (non-M1) was stolen, and the thieves got access to the apple password (not the computer password). No filevault. Can they retrieve passwords?
Girlfriend's MacBook was stolen, and she fell into their phishing trap and gave them her iCloud password (changed less than 15 minutes later, and luckily different from her login password).
Next, the ...
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How can I update SSL certificates on macOS Tiger?
I Want to update ssl certificates on my iMac G4, macOS Tiger (10.4.11).
I already tried to copy from a newer mac the certificate "Actalis Authentication Root CA", trust in in Keychain Access ...
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Keychain has wrong Gmail Password. Apple Mail Is Still Working But I Can't Find the Password to Log in the Webmail Interface
Somehow I think I overwrote my password in the keychain with the wrong password for my Gmail account. Somehow Apple Mail is still allowing me to access my account. I still need this Gmail password for ...
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Fixing error: "The Trust Settings Record was corrupted."
I get the following error in my Terminal:
Error: IO error: The Trust Settings Record was corrupted.
(In my case I'm getting this after running railway up, a command for railway.app. However I doubt ...
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Do 3rd party devices (e.g. Smart TV) have access iCloud Keychain?
I am trying to figure out how iCloud keychain works, especially for 3rd party devices and apps. Mainly using https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec0a319b35f/web and other partial ...
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Transparent network proxy for Apple system services wants to use the "login" keychain
I recently changed my M1 Mac 2021 Ventura 13.2.1 user password for I think the first time since buying, and this resulted in my default keychain password being out of sync with my login, so it prompts ...
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Xcode using wrong signing key
I have two different versions of the same app that I'm trying to release for different audiences. I upload one using Xcode and the other with Expo. As such, I have two different Apple certificates, ...
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Sync Mac Keychain Passwords to iPhone *without* iCloud?
I'm a current 1Password 7 user, loved that I could sync logins from my desktop to my phone over LAN. Now that version 8 is pushing online sync only, I want out. Mac's built-in keychain has been ...
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How to get rid of ghost device on FaceTime?
On my iPhone in Settings > Phone > Calls on Other Devices, my MacBook appears twice.
How do I get rid of the second entry?
I've tried logging out and back into iCloud, but it doesn't do the ...
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Keychain 'show password' shows an encrypted password
I've noticed a bunch (not all) of my passwords in keychain, when I do 'show password' appear... encrypted? So instead of, say, "myVerySecurePassword123", my computer shows "13245-13245-...
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Connecting legacy Mac OS (10.3.9) to modern HTTPS via TLS
I'm using an old iMac G3, running Mac OS 10.3.9 Panther, for research purposes. My concern is not security - I don't put sensitive information on this machine, nor do I mind if the integrity of the ...
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How to prevent being locked out of AppleID with stolen iPhone [closed]
The WSJ Video indicates that all that is necessary to gain access to the password keychain and lock me out is for the bad actor to:
"shoulder surf" to acquire password
acquire physical ...
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How to disable iCloud Keychain on the iPhone and prevent bad actor from accessing keychain? [duplicate]
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Given the iCloud Keychain is the "keys to the kingdom", I would like to take steps so that if the iPhone is compromised that the bad actor does not have access to the iCloud keychain on ...
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How would my work computer know all my home computer's wifi passwords?
I just started a new job and brought the work MBP home to do some work remotely, and the second I opened it up, it connected to my home wifi. How could it know that already? I looked at my Keychain ...
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Why did my SSH agent disappear after updating to macOS Ventura?
I recently updated my Macbook to macOS Ventura 13.1, and ever since that I've had trouble using SSH. This has always kind of "just worked", I've always been able to just ssh to a host and a ...
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What options are there to automatically set up an iPhone from scratch?
I want to find ways to set up with as much preparation and automaticity as possible everything about an iPhone’s set-up - what apps should be installed, the layout, the settings, some key profiles ...
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How does Safari (desktop and mobile) know I have a Google account, even in private mode?
While browsing in Safari (Private Mode as well as non-private), I recently saw multiple times some new overlay/modal that offers me to quickly create an account with that respective page using the &...
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How to fix "Update Apple ID Settings" bug, when I don't have an Apple ID?
My macbook has been upgraded to macOS 13.2 today.
This has not cleared my problem. I still have a notification from System Settings, that wants me to "Update Apple ID Settings".
I have ...
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Search for keychain password via Terminal/shell?
Is there any way to do a partial (wildcard) search for a password from my iCloud keychain or Chrome via shell?
E.g., given "foo" I would like to find all keychain items (of any kind, ...
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2 Computers, multiple email accounts; removing Mail app storage on old laptop
I have 2 MacBooks: One that is I use, and one that my kids share, but that used to be my old personal one. I have kept my Admin account on that laptop. It's running out of Storage space, and I noticed ...
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SSH key not being added to ssh-agent automatically
OS version is Ventura 13.2
I generated an SSH key to authenticate git operations with GitHub according to their guide. Followed the steps:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "my identifier" (Without ...
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How to list all existing passkeys on macOS?
I'd like to list all accounts with passkeys (Webauthn credentials) stored in my iCloud Keychain.
I don't need to export the passkeys (although I'd like to be able to, but this is a different question)...
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How to limit `set-key-partition-list` to one certificate
TLDR: How can I find make security set-key-partition-list run against a single entry, rather than everything in the keystore?
I was facing issues with a cipher mismatch with an dotnet/aspnet app and ...
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How to sign an application bundle with the same display name as the installer package?
I can sign a bundle with "Mac Developer" identity which is connected to my Apple account user name (ie a "person").
I can sign the package (.pkg) that contains the bundle with a &...
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macOS Create a machine CSR to submit to a Certificate Authority
I am in enterprise IT and need to develop a process for scripting the creation of a Certificate Signing Request for the machine. There must also be no MDM dependences. I support our CA infrastructure ...
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SSH unable to login, commit, deploy since updating to macOS 12.6.2
Somehow ssh stopped working on my machine the way it used to prior 12.6.2. Pre 12.6.2 I was able to commit to GitHub, deploy through capistrano from Bitbucket or Github with keys.
Currently I can ...
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Unable to delete identity in Keychain
A certificate that we use for Wi-Fi in the office has expired, and it does not renew for some reason. I tried to delete it from the Keychain Access I get the following error:
I guess that's the ...
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Security, touchid and password problems on my MacBook M1
After I got problem with the keychain and reset it I have the following issues on my MacBook that I have not been succeeding to fix:
TouchId does is not activated. When I try to activate/set up in ...
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What is the authoritative source of "Passwords" in iCloud / Where exactly does the authoritative database live?
I have iCloud "keychain" enabled on both my Mac and my iPhone. However, iPhone "Passwords" did not match my stored passwords in Safari, despite using Keychain cloud sync. I have ...
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After creating and adding an ssh key into the keychain I am not seeing it when I call the command `ssh-add --apple-load-keychain`
Following GitHub's guide for setting up ssh keys and adding it to an agent I created a new ed25519 key.
However, after trying to add it per the instructions I am unable to see that my key has been ...
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Mountain Lion Server Certificates Expiry Renewal
I have some certificates expiring within a month. They don't show up in the Server App, but I'm getting emails that they are expiring all the same. They show up in Keychain Access.
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list-keychains shows multiple Keychains that do not exist
I have a Mac that performs builds for my iOS application.
I'm noticing a strange misconfiguration on the Keychain List. In particular, security list-keychains command shows multiple Keychains that do ...
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How to use rclone on macOS with ssh-agent?
I have ssh setup and working for passwordless access to my server, which basically consists in adding the following snipet to my ~/.ssh/config file (I use an ed25519 key):
Host *
UseKeychain yes
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How to permanently prevent keychain from locking after x minutes of inactivity
So I've followed Apple's guide here: https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/keychain-access/kyca1242/mac. This prevents prompts for the password for my login keychain for a while, but inevitably it ...
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