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I was experiencing this exact issue... I tried every password I could think of but everything failed. Then by mistake, I pressed the OK-button without entering a password. And it worked!I can also unlock the custom keychain for "Apple development" in the Keychain Access app by just leaving the password empty.

Got the same, happens once a year, long enough for me to forget how to fix this problem with development certificates. Opened the keychain as kindly posted by CloverSly, found one developer certificate that has expired, deleted, and my app works now (I think XCode created a new one that expires next year), so I can expect to be back here next year.

A keychain is an encrypted container that securely stores your account names and passwords for your Mac, apps, servers, and websites, and confidential information, such as credit card numbers or bank account PIN numbers.

Each user on a Mac has a login keychain. The password for your login keychain matches the password you use to log in to your Mac. If an administrator on your Mac resets your login password, you need to reset your login keychain password.

My wife & I have a shared password we use for low-grade security situations. But she texted it to our bright kid so he could access Hulu. Fine, but now he knows that password. It's only a matter of time he figures out he can get access to other things with it.*

So this raises the question: Is there a way I can easily search my Keychain to figure out all the places I used it? I could Get Info on all my Keychain password entries, but then I have to enter my password over and over to view and verify them all.

Either I'd like to be able to search for instances where I used this password, or at least be able to "show password" on all the Get Info windows at once. I don't mind visually verifying them... It's the rinse-lather-repeat thing that is going to take forever.

Thanks for the assorted info! I built on a method suggested in the link you provided: Go into Safari > prefs > password. Any entry selected there will show it's password. If you select all the entries, all the passwords become visible. Best part is, if you use the search box to search for the password in question, it will show just the sites with that password. Perfect!

Following this week's LinkedIn password disaster, Mac users are naturally worried about their passwords and not just for their LinkedIn accounts. What if you used a password in another place? It could happen! There are ways to investigate your passwords in Mac OS X's Keychain Access utility and with popular third-party password management tools. However, some of this investigating can be difficult.

In the post, Jalkut ran down how to use several scripting tools he wrote to expose and search the Keychain. The package includes Usable Keychain Scripting, a scripting extension that lets AppleScript "efficiently query the keychain for information;" PasswordSearcher, an AppleScript that asks the keychain for all Internet password items that match a given password, and the displays the account names; and DangerousAllowClicker, which "runs in circles until you cancel it, approving security clearances."

The best thing is to never use a password twice. I use a formula with two bilingual puns and a specific element from the site to make my passwords. This makes them easy to remember and longer than the usual password.

Recently, I started testing my passwords with the Passfault demonstration page. ******** This site tells you how strong your password is, and if it passes the test, it presents the time in years that would be needed to crack the password. I noticed that my current passwords weren't strong enough.

I ask because if you use iCloud, you could say disable iCloud Keychain on say your phone and keep a copy just on the phone. Disable iCloud Keychain on your Mac, Then reset your Mac keychain and still be able to reference your passwords from your phone.

Using Safari -> File -> Export -> Passwords function seems to only export website saved password details to a CSV text file that Numbers or Excel can open (or a text editor). It may not include App passwords and other saved password types. But this might be the majority of the passwords. Credit: @DiZoE

Be extremely cautious not to leave this file laying around or place it on any cloud storage, etc. If you use iCloud Desktop and Documents Sync, save it somewhere else and then destroy it when you are done with it. If you do wish to keep it, at least create a small DMG encrypted disk image and place it inside. This file might be backed up on Time Machine as well.

It is recommended to perhaps go one password at a time and use the Password System Preferences screen to fix your compromised passwords to keep them secured. Or if migrating to a 3rd party password manager that you go one account at a time.

Again, one little human error and you can leak these passwords to bad actors in a myriad of ways. Exercise extreme caution when dealing with an unencrypted complete list of all your passwords to everything you saved in macOS.

If you go to System Preferences -> Passwords instead of Keychain not only will it tell you which accounts are at risk but you hover your mouse over the ********* password entries and they will reveal what the password is. At the bottom of the screen is a checkbox to Detect compromised passwords. It will also show you which passwords were re-used. There is also a handy, Change Password on Website button.

That's the best option, you are not going to be able to get a list you can print out for security reasons. You have to unlock each individual keychain entry and reveal the password. But the System Preferences -> Passwords screen make it much easier, you unlock the Passwords screen and you can reveal the passwords with a simple mouse hover or clicking the Edit button will also show the existing password.

I was able to print out a copy of them in El Capitan on my older iMac. It was tedious as I had to do a "show all passwords" using my admin password. This would only work on the ones that were able to fit in the open window. But I did a screenshot; went down the next page, "show passwords", screenshot and so on to the end.

When you export the passwords from the System Preferences -> Passwords -> Ellipsis button near the + and - buttons in the bottom left corner. Exporting results in the creation of a CSV file which is a comma delimited text file. Apple Numbers or Microsoft Excel can open the file and express it as a spreadsheet. You can edit the file, removing duplicates and formatting it anyway you wish, then you can print it.

Thanks for that tip, I just tried it out and it works as described. I don't intend to keep the list so I deleted it (instantly), and as I was in between my scheduled Time Machine backups there were no historic backups of this sensitive file. So I'm suggesting that people generate this password file after a recent TM backup and delete it before the next backup after they've printed it off. What do people think?

Sounds good to me, but you can add a folder exception to Time Machine to ensure it is not backed up and put the exported file in that excluded folder. Or as previously mentioned, create a DMG encrypted disk image and place the file within to protect it.

I kept getting pops asking for passwords. I read that this was an issue with the keychain and it suggested resetting the keychain and gave instructions on doing so. I did this. Now, not one of 30+ email addresses, regardless of server, can send or receive emails. I have re-entered passwords on a couple of email addresses to test things, to no avail. I even changed the password on my host where the email address is set up and entered them into Mail, to make 100% sure that the password I entered was correct. Nothing.

I have also removed the folder from the keychain folder, after holding down the option key and selecting LIBRARY from the GO menu. I put the folder on my desktop, restarted the computer, re-entered the password in the IN/OUT servers of two email addresses and still nothing.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. It looks like you're unable to send or receive emails as you're having issues with the keychain on your Mac. We understand the importance of getting this issue resolved, and we'd be happy to look into this with you.

There are 41 email addresses. All worked before the keychain was reset. They are on multiple servers and I have a few set up on my phone, which has no problem sending or receiving. I only re-entered passwords for two (two different servers) to get them working first, then - if they did, I would continue to re-enter passwords for the rest.

ALL 41 accounts - including the two that I re-entered the passwords for, have the triangles with the "!" in them. No error message comes up, and shortly after I hit GET MAIL I get a beep as if my email has been checked and I have no new messages.

I recently installed a banking app on my iPhone 12 Pro running IOS 16.1 and have enabled faceID, which works fine. I wanted to use the browser on my Mac to access the account, but there was no record of the user name or password in the keychain.

I'm not sure I was clear enough describing the problem. When I set up the app on my iPhone and input user credentials and set up Face ID, it appears that the information, while stored somewhere, isn't accessible through the Passwords menu pick in Settings.

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