Apple Keychain First Aid

Murlyn · Murlyn #1 (**permalink**)

10-22-2003, 01:44 PM

This is a really kewl little program from Apple that has helped me numerous times when my keychain became corrupted.. it seems to work perfectly! I just though I would share it with you guys incase you didn't know about it

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9944
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16997

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The Keychain First Aid utility enables you to verify or repair your keychain content. It can fix:
• A user's .Mac password is not retained in Internet preference pane, as described in technical document 107097, "Mac OS X 10.2: Won't Save .Mac Password".
• Mail and iChat could continue to prompt users for their password after saving it in the keychain.
• A user could be unexpectedly prompted to unlock the keychain after changing account information or Home directory location.
• Duplicate Mail passwords could appear in the keychain, as described in technical document 106546, "Mac OS X 10.1: Re-enter Mail Password After Upgrade".
• Multiple references to the same keychain could appear in the Keychain Access application.
• Applications are unable to retrieve items from a keychain file located on a network volume.
• Saved passwords could not be read if they were created or modified by certain pre-release versions of Jaguar.
• A Keychain dialog can sometimes prompt for permission to decrypt a "(null)" item.

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

10-22-2003, 02:17 PM

Thanks for the notice.

schweb · schweb #3 (**permalink**)

10-22-2003, 03:08 PM

I've used it once and it did work great. It's a nice utility that I think Apple should just bundle with the OS really....

outlook · outlook #4 (**permalink**)

09-13-2005, 05:48 AM

I have been using it. outlook express crashes and outlook express dbx recovery more stable and secure than other programs.

larryE · larryE #5 (**permalink**)

09-19-2006, 05:57 PM

hi

installed first aid, but to run it it asked me for my authentication password. However this is the problem. I have just had 10.4 installed and when i put in what i think is the password is and many variations, it tell me its invaild so i cant even get the thing going, any ideas anyone?

Murlyn · Murlyn #6 (**permalink**)

09-19-2006, 06:08 PM

Yeah this is a really really old thread and it's actually built into the keychain program now.

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #7 (**permalink**)

09-19-2006, 07:53 PM

Yeah I looked at the date when I first opened this, and was like.. hmmm I think this no longer applies.

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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	09-19-2006, 06:08 PM Yeah this is a really really old thread and it's actually built into the keychain program now. ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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rman #2 (permalink)
Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	10-22-2003, 02:17 PM Thanks for the notice.
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outlook #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-13-2005, 05:48 AM I have been using it. outlook express crashes and outlook express dbx recovery more stable and secure than other programs.
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larryE #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-19-2006, 05:57 PM hi installed first aid, but to run it it asked me for my authentication password. However this is the problem. I have just had 10.4 installed and when i put in what i think is the password is and many variations, it tell me its invaild so i cant even get the thing going, any ideas anyone?
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