

Logging into iCloud just gave me error messages when it tried to save things to the nonexistent keychain. Now I had a primary login account with no keychain, which is not a happy state.

The OS, thankfully, tried to recreate the keychain… and failed.

Then I took the plunge and deleted the keychain. Which took a while, because I had to enter my password for every password entry it moved. I decided that before I did that, I’d move all my local passwords to the iCloud keychain for safety.

He suggested that I delete the login keychain and then recreate it. I ended up calling Apple support, and their Tier 2 advised that it was likely a corrupt keychain. But after one crash and re-login, I noticed I couldn’t log into Messages: it gave me the message “An error occurred during authentication.” FaceTime had the same problem. For instance…įaceTime and Messages problems: After every crash, I’d have to sign back into iCloud and re-log in to my Google profile on Chrome. They finally issued a compatibility patch that fixed the issue, but the (sometimes daily) crashes appear to have taken a toll on the system. For instance, it’s been causing our MacBooks to crash when attempting to wake from sleep. We use a corporate endpoint protection system that … has challenges keeping up with new OS versions, and sometimes causes things to really misbehave. At this point I’ve resolved all but one of them, so I thought I’d write it up.Ĭrashing while asleep: This one isn’t Apple’s fault. It’s been mostly great, but starting mid-summer there have been a series of odd things that have been extremely frustrating. Because I have a reputation as a geek, they got me the new model with the Touch Bar. Because I’ve grown to value portability over the years, I asked for a 13″ model. Work bought me a new MacBook Pro at the beginning of the year.
