Differences between file-based keychains including the login keychain, and Data Protection keychain. How the Passwords app in Sequoia caters for the latter.
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macOS has two types of keychain, and its tools for working with them, Keychain Access and the command tool security, only work fully with one type.
Login and Background Items are increasingly common, and can cause all sorts of problems. Diagnosing and fixing them is better in Ventura.
Not only is loginwindow there in its full glory at the start of the user phase of startup, but it’s there until the bitter end.
Current apps may need to install helper files in the main Library folder for Background Items. Ventura’s new scheme keeps everything in the app bundle.
Login Items can cause many unwanted notifications when you log in. Here’s how to gain control over them, including use of an undocumented command tool.
Solving repeated requests for passwords, telling the genuine from the bogus, how passwords can become mismatched, and more.
What are keychains? What do they store? Which are essential on Macs, and why do you get prompted to enter your password for access to them? How secure are they in iCloud?
Is logging out and back in again a good way to deal with problems? Although it can be, it might not do what you think it does any more.
You press the Power button, but don’t see the normal login window. How to interpret your Mac’s different screens, and what to do about them.
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