Mac Keeps Asking For Google Password But Won't Accept Password

OSX is repeatedly asking for login keychain password Mac asking for multiple 'login' keychain app passwords but won't accept them How to stop my machine asking for multiple passwords when I log in? Yahoo keeps asking me to reenter my password from my iPhone, iPad and Mac. Everyday This happens everyday, I'm asked to re-enter my Yahoo password on all my Apple devices.

Created by: tarak naima Modified on: Thu, 13 Dec, 2018 at 2:48 PM Your keychain password lets you automatically authenticate applications and services stored in Keychain Access. When the account is created the keychain password is set to match the login password for the account.

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When you change the login password in the User & Groups preferences, the keychain password is automatically updated to match it. If the keychain password does not match the login password for the account, the user is required to authenticate to unlock the keychain. The keychain password is available only to the account user and not the administrator.

If the login password is reset by the administrator, the keychain password is not changed. The user is asked to reset the keychain password during the next login.

If the login password was reset because the old password was forgotten, the keys, passwords, and other information in the keychain will not be accessible, and the account will need to use a new keychain. Although you normally should use the default keychain password, you can change it. • Open, located in the Utilities folder in Launchpad. • Choose Edit > “Change Password for Keychain (keychain name).” • If the keychain is locked, type the password to unlock it, and then click OK.

• Type the current password for this keychain. • Type a new password, and then type it again to verify. The keychain password should usually match the login password for the account. I forgot my Keychain Password. As I follow the steps, after clicking 'Reset to my default Keychain'a new window showing 'UNIX[Invalid argument]'.

Give me a solution to reset my Keychain Password. Step by Step Try repairing your keychain. It typically asks for the original keychain password but it should, typically, be your login password. To repair your keychain follow the steps below: • Go to in the upper-left • Select 'Keychain First Aid' • Enter your username and password and select 'Repair' then click 'Start' • After your keychain as been repaired, go to 'Preferences' • Select 'Reset my Default Keychian' • Enter whatever you want the new password to be and you should be good to go. In Short: Keychain acess>file>add keychain> then set as default or if that doesn work delete the keychain in File>Delete keychain then File>Add new keychain How do i reset my Keychain password?

Setup Keychain The Keychain is designed to be fairly secure. Even if you reset the admin password, you still don't have access to a user's keychain. All you can do is reset the keychain itself, and start a new one. Essentially setting aside the old one (in case you later remember the password).

From a security standpoint, it's a good thing. A stolen Mac doesn't hand over all your passwords to a thief, even if he knows the procedure for circumventing the admin password. Here is an Apple document describing the keychain, and how to change the password, if you know the old one.

If you don't know the old one. (resetting) Here's is a screenshot of Keychain Preferences, showing the 'reset' button. Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X - Apple If you can't sign in with two-step verification using your Apple ID - Apple Keychain Also it is important you get generate a recovery key for future reference. Reset Keychain Password without old password? An administrator can change your login password without knowing the old password. The is no way for anyone to change a keychain password without knowing the old password.

Normally your login password is the same as the keychain password. For you to change your login password, you need to enter the old password and new password. After the software changes your login password, an attempt is made to change the keychain password. This only succeeds if the old password you entered is the current keychain password. If not, then the current keychain password remain unchanged. When an administrator overrides you old login password with a new password, the old password is never entered into the software.