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Keychain Access

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

KeychainCheck 1.2 is now available

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This new version adds a Help Book, Tooltips, and supports window resizing more usefully.

April 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

KeychainCheck 1.0: a little tool to check user keychains

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This may help you work out what is going wrong with local keychains in Sierra. Another free tool to spare you from Terminal.

January 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Tackling keychain problems in Terminal

Sometimes resorting to Terminal can be the best and simplest way to fix a keychain problem.

January 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to repair your keychain by making a fresh one

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OS X used to provide a keychain first aid feature. Now this has gone, this is the only way that you can try to repair a defective keychain: create a new one.

December 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

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