[X-Newbies] How to unlock keychain and Apple Mail problem!

[John McGibney]

On Aug 1, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Patty Woodbury wrote:

> I wish I knew, too, Mark! I have used keychain first aid, reset my  
> password 1 zillion times in Apple Mail and I still keep getting  
> asked for my password. Deleted com.apple.mail.plist -that didn't  
> work either. I also created a NEW keychain. Ran Disk Utility. I  
> wish I knew the answer.
> Good luck with this.
> Patty
> On Aug 1, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>
>> Have you tried your administrator's password? If you never set one  
>> up it might be possible that there's no password. Try leaving the  
>> field blank and clicking 'OK'.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 1-Aug-08, at 1:46 AM, Christopher Collins wrote:
>>
>>> I think it relates to the password on your username that you use  
>>> to login to your Mac.
>>>
>>> As in your Administrative password.
>>>
>>> cjc
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/08/2008, at 2:32 PM, J wrote:
>>>
>>>> Key Chain - driving me nuts.
>>>>
>>>> I have never 'locked' my key chain but I always check the box  
>>>> that asks me to remember passwords in it, for all my FTP stuff  
>>>> especially.
>>>>
>>>> Once in a while I have to go in and see a password I have  
>>>> forgotten. Press 'i' and 'show password' and bingo there it is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Suddenly it is now asking me for a password to do this, when I  
>>>> have never 'locked' my keychain!
>>>>
>>>> What password does it want? This is making me crazy. I have  
>>>> never locked it. How do I 'unlock' it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 1, 2008, at 1:21 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Pat Kane wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been using my imac (2.4 GHZ, 4GB memory, 10.5.1) since  
>>>>>> Jan.2 .
>>>>>> Around the middle of February, I installed Adobe CS3. I also  
>>>>>> had Painter X installed and about 300 photos in iphoto. In  
>>>>>> short, I didn't have too much on my new imac.
>>>>>> So, middle of February, there's a prompt from Software Update,  
>>>>>> and I say "ok." My imac then tells me there's not enough room  
>>>>>> on my 750 GIG hard drive for the update.
>>>>>> Do I make an appointment with the Genius Bar, or can I solve  
>>>>>> this on my own? I have no idea what has clogged up my imac,  
>>>>>> but it's telling me I now have less than 3GIG of disk space  
>>>>>> available. I must admit I've been putting this off because I  
>>>>>> love my imac, but ... I really would like to have things as  
>>>>>> they should be.
>>>>>> Anyone ever run into this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Usually I only hear from someone with this problem two or three  
>>>>> times a year, but for some reason this is the third time this  
>>>>> month that I've heard from someone with this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your Mac has filled up with something invisible that is out of  
>>>>> control, so logically it must be either a log, a cache, or an  
>>>>> index file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Generally it is one of the first two, but I've seen it also be  
>>>>> a corrupted Spotlight database.
>>>>>
>>>>> So lets start with the most likely culprits.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first thing to try is simply restarting your Mac.  If that  
>>>>> doesn't help...
>>>>>
>>>>> Run Cache Out X to clear caches, and then MacJanitor to clear  
>>>>> your log files:
>>>>>
>>>>> Cache Out X  (Free)
>>>>> http://www.trilateralsystems.com/CacheOutX/
>>>>>
>>>>> MacJanitor (Free)
>>>>> http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
>>>>>
>>>>> If these don't work, let me know, and I'll tell you how to  
>>>>> delete your Spotlight database and have it rebuild itself.
>>>>>
>>>>>

 From the 'Mac OS' Help

Locking and unlocking your keychain
Your default keychain, which is created for you when you set up Mac  
OS X, is unlocked automatically when you log in or when you type your  
keychain password in an Unlock Keychain dialog. (Your keychain  
password is always the same as your login password unless you used  
Keychain Access to create a different password, or if you used  
Keychain Access to change the password of an existing keychain.)

Your keychain is automatically locked if your computer is idle for a  
while.

Open Keychain Access, located in /Applications/Utilities.
Click Show Keychains if the Keychains list is not open.
Select a keychain, and click the lock icon at the top of the window  
to lock or unlock the keychain. If you clicked Unlock, type your  
keychain password.
To set your keychain to lock automatically, open Keychain Access and  
choose Edit > "Change Settings for Keychain 'login'."

Tip: You can display a keychain lock icon in the menu bar and use it  
to quickly lock or unlock your keychain. In Keychain Access  
Preferences, click "Show Status in Menu Bar."



John


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