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Keychain Access

How to back up your iCloud Keychain

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Keychains contain some of our most important and precious data, and are often shared with iOS devices using iCloud. How can you back them up then?

September 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to fix a Secure Note (or anything else) which won’t display in Dark Mode

You open a Secure Note or other text, only to see its content seems to have vanished when viewed in Dark Mode. Here’s how to fix it.

December 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

More information about your keychains in KeychainCheck 2.0a3

Adds a lot more diagnostic information, including full listings of all Keychains folders, including that for iCloud Keychain.

December 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Inside the iCloud keychain, and its problems

So you think you know about iCloud Keychain? A careful exploration turns up some surprises, and suggests some good rules for troubleshooting.

December 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Trouble with your keychain? Here’s the first test release of KeychainCheck 2

Completely rewritten to use macOS support libraries, parse log extracts, work with both local and iCloud keychains, and give you controls.

December 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

More keychains than meets the eye

How many keychains does your Mac have? The answer is surprisingly elusive, and neither Keychain Access nor the security command tell the truth.

November 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Tools to work with keychain problems

Overview of the features of all available tools for working with keychains – including one running on Windows!

November 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

What the High Sierra Supplemental Update actually updates

As usual, Apple’s release notes for the Supplemental Update to High Sierra, released on 5 October 2017, fall […]

October 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fixing iCloud Keychains, and backing them up

How to cope better with problems which can occur with iCloud Keychains, and how to make your own local backups.

July 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

How does your keychain work?

Authentication dialogs to permit access to your keychain are supplied by the macOS security system, and follow a strict pattern.

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

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