[X4U] Transferring keychains

[Chris Irvine]

Your default user keychain is actually just a file. It is normally  
stored inside your home directory under Library/Keychains/

If you still have access to the old machine you should be able to drag  
the "login.keychain" file over to your new machine. I'd recommend  
renaming the old file before a double click to something like  
"old_login.keychain". The file should open using Keychain Access and  
you can drag items from the old keychain over to your current default  
keychain.

Of course, there might be a more complicated issue here. If you are  
jumping a huge number of versions of the OS or Safari, there might be  
some compatibility issues that I'm forgetting.

-Chris

On Sep 16, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Crandon David wrote:

> So...I finally upgraded my mom from a 9 yr old iMac to a new iMac.
>
> Question is...how do I transfer her old keychain to the new mac? Or  
> mostly, all the usernames and passwords in Safari's Autofill.
>
> The Migration assistant didnt' do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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