Error messages can be scary enough, but when you dont know what theyre talking about, theyre scarier.
What is the login keychain or the keychain password?
We have the answers to these questions and more.
What is accountsd on Mac?
Its really just alerting you to a small error.
Accountsd should be read as accounts dthe d standing for daemon.
A daemon is a program that continuously runs as a background process on your rig.
You dont normally have to interact with or control a daemon, and accountsd isnt any different.
You canfind and edit passwords in Keychain Access, as well as in the iCloud Keychain.
What Is the Login Keychain Error, and Why Does It Happen?
Its important that this password exists, as it keeps your login credentials more secure on your Mac.
There are severalcommon keychain problems on Mac, usually meaning different things, and occurring for specific reasons.
The assistantd wants to use the login keychain error occurs for the same reason.
By default, your account login and your login keychain are the same password.
Therefore, logging in unlocks your keychains along with the rest of your system.
Now you hopefully understand what the accountsd wants to use the login keychain window is asking for.
In the next section, well tell you how to make it go away.
into the text box in the prompt window and clickOK.
This will make your keychain less secure.
But if your Mac isnt particularly mobile or used by many people, it shouldnt be a significant problem.
To block the auto-lock in Keychain Access:
Syncing issues may also be arising because youre using iCloud Keychain.
If you disable that feature, the accountsd prompts may stop.
To disable iCloud Keychain:
If the Login Keychain Still Won’t Sync… A major thing you might do is create a new keychain in Keychain Access.
This will leave your current default keychain unchanged, and passwords will still automatically save there.
This will delete all of your saved credentials from your Mac, so this should be a last resort.
But it should fix your synchronization issues once and for all.
If things dont seem to be reset, try restarting your setup.
