Have you tried just hitting Enter? If you don’t recall setting a Keychain password, maybe you didn’t set a keychain password. Which may mean that the Password is an empty field. My Keychain password is the same as my LogIn password. I don’t know if I set it up that way in a weak moment when I was not taking account the chance that someone would break into the house and try to use my programs. Or if there was a default linkage between the two along the way. But your Keychain could also be the same as your forgotten LogIn password.
stan On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:26 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been so busy I haven't had time to do anything with the Mac mini I > acquired recently. And because I didn't write it down, I forgot the > [BLEEPIN'] password. > > I was able to to reset the password using my Apple ID (which I did have > written down & fortunately the paper was still in the box waiting to be > shredded). > > But *NOW* every time I try to login I get a prompt: > > Mac OS X wants to use the "Local Items" Keychain. > Please enter the keychain password. > > Nothing I've tried works & I don't even remember setting a keychain > password. It's not my Apple ID or my Apple ID password. > > I'm able to cancel & it logs me in, but it's REALLY annoying. > > I haven't yet installed any software other than the free upgrade to OS X > Mavericks. > > This wouldn't be a problem with Windoze, because at this point I'd just > run FDISK & blow the whole thing away & reinstall from scratch. Is that > possible with the Mac? > > I did make that 8GB bootable USB stick when I was upgrading to OS X > Mavericks. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
