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Flood of "wants to use the login keychain" messages

Every once in a while my MacBook Pro freezes up and I get a sudden flood of messages telling me several processes want to use the login keychain, all at once. There's no way to stop it, I have to shut down when it happens. I've scanned my device for viruses (I use BitDefender) and it says I'm clean, but who knows for sure.


Any advice would be appreciated, thank you very much!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 3:23 PM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2022 5:10 PM

jpwinter1999 wrote:

Every once in a while my MacBook Pro freezes up and I get a sudden flood of messages telling me several processes want to use the login keychain, all at once. There's no way to stop it, I have to shut down when it happens. I've scanned my device for viruses (I use BitDefender) and it says I'm clean, but who knows for sure.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you very much!


Verify your Keychain Access.app "log-in" remains unlocked.



Keychain Access User Guide for Mac - Apple Support



I will add—

typically third party Anti-Virus does nothing but add issues and compete directly with Apple’s® own built in Security:

It is advised to Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN


macOS - Security - Apple https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

Apple Platform Security - Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web


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Feb 7, 2022 5:10 PM in response to jpwinter1999

jpwinter1999 wrote:

Every once in a while my MacBook Pro freezes up and I get a sudden flood of messages telling me several processes want to use the login keychain, all at once. There's no way to stop it, I have to shut down when it happens. I've scanned my device for viruses (I use BitDefender) and it says I'm clean, but who knows for sure.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you very much!


Verify your Keychain Access.app "log-in" remains unlocked.



Keychain Access User Guide for Mac - Apple Support



I will add—

typically third party Anti-Virus does nothing but add issues and compete directly with Apple’s® own built in Security:

It is advised to Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN


macOS - Security - Apple https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

Apple Platform Security - Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web


Flood of "wants to use the login keychain" messages

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