How to stop "Message Agent wants to use keychain" [solved?]

Macintosh software/hardware discussion and troubleshooting

Moderator: James Steele

Post Reply
dix
Posts: 2986
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

How to stop "Message Agent wants to use keychain" [solved?]

Post by dix »

None of the Apple Discussions or Apple Help docs have been able to give me info that stops the "Messages Agent wants to use keychain" (and subsequent similar requests), whenever I login. There's a lot of fixes out there, but none of them have worked, so I'm asking the smart people here if they have any further suggestions.

I've tried these, among others:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5747949
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5434828?tstart=0
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631

Thanks for any help you can offer.
Last edited by dix on Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
14-inch MBP M1 Max (2021), 13.6.x, 64GB RAM, UAD Quad Tb Satellite, 4 displays ::: 2009 4,1 > 5,1 MacPro 12-core 3.33 ghz , 10.14.x, 96GB RAM, GeForce GTX 770 , NewerTech eSATA/USB3 PCIe Host Adapter, UAD-2 Quad, ::: 15-inch MBP (2015) 10.14.x, 16GB RAM ::: Lynx Aurora (n) USB ::: DP (latest version), Vienna Ensemble Pro danwool.com
User avatar
MIDI Life Crisis
Posts: 26254
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Contact:

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by MIDI Life Crisis »

2013 Mac Pro 32GB RAM

OSX 10.14.6; DP 10; Track 16; Finale 26, iPad Pro, et al

MIDI LIFE CRISIS
dix
Posts: 2986
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by dix »

Thank you MLC, but I was hoping for a solution that didn't cost $40 :) ...anyone?
14-inch MBP M1 Max (2021), 13.6.x, 64GB RAM, UAD Quad Tb Satellite, 4 displays ::: 2009 4,1 > 5,1 MacPro 12-core 3.33 ghz , 10.14.x, 96GB RAM, GeForce GTX 770 , NewerTech eSATA/USB3 PCIe Host Adapter, UAD-2 Quad, ::: 15-inch MBP (2015) 10.14.x, 16GB RAM ::: Lynx Aurora (n) USB ::: DP (latest version), Vienna Ensemble Pro danwool.com
dix
Posts: 2986
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by dix »

[i saw that MLC :)]

At some point it may be worth that much. Somehow in trying to figure this out I'm now getting more of these requests. And to make matters worse, some of the keychain requests have one password and some have another. It's maddening. ....not just for me apparently. there's a lot of people in apple discussions with the issue.
14-inch MBP M1 Max (2021), 13.6.x, 64GB RAM, UAD Quad Tb Satellite, 4 displays ::: 2009 4,1 > 5,1 MacPro 12-core 3.33 ghz , 10.14.x, 96GB RAM, GeForce GTX 770 , NewerTech eSATA/USB3 PCIe Host Adapter, UAD-2 Quad, ::: 15-inch MBP (2015) 10.14.x, 16GB RAM ::: Lynx Aurora (n) USB ::: DP (latest version), Vienna Ensemble Pro danwool.com
User avatar
MIDI Life Crisis
Posts: 26254
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Contact:

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by MIDI Life Crisis »

Well, here's the thing - Yeah, $40 is a lot to solve a software problem in a single app, but that's not what Little Snitch does. It's solves the problem of unwanted connections in ALL your apps, including the OS. So if you DON'T know who's calling home and they are, then they could be a problem in the future.

And I like to see what my network traffic is doing. At least during uploads and downloads, but in particular, when I'm not looking, and that's also where the app excels.

I don't leave home (virtually) without it.
2013 Mac Pro 32GB RAM

OSX 10.14.6; DP 10; Track 16; Finale 26, iPad Pro, et al

MIDI LIFE CRISIS
User avatar
mikehalloran
Posts: 15134
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:08 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: Sillie Con Valley

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by mikehalloran »

"Messages Agent wants to use keychain" (and subsequent similar requests), whenever I login
I got a flurry of those when I went to OS 10.9.5 and did a clean install on my new SSD.

Every one of them was something ancient that had to be purged from my Mac. The worst offender was AOL Messenger which took quite a bit of sleuthing before I purged the last of it from some my wife's and daughters' old OS 9 backups sitting in a forgotten folder in Documents.

Once I trashed all of the offending files, the problem was gone. I don't think that Lil Snitch could have helped–but then, I don't know the program that well.

Those folders are now sitting on my G4 where they belong and gone from my iMac. If my family needs that data, it's there to be converted.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
dix
Posts: 2986
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:01 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

Re: How can I stop "Messages Agent wants to use keychain"

Post by dix »

I think I figured it out. When I was setting up the newer Mac, I changed the admin password to something simple, to make installing things easier. Apparently some of the apps didn't like that. When I changed the admin password back to my original password the requests stopped. I'd still like to have the ability to use a different admin password, but for now I'm set.

Thanks for your help!
14-inch MBP M1 Max (2021), 13.6.x, 64GB RAM, UAD Quad Tb Satellite, 4 displays ::: 2009 4,1 > 5,1 MacPro 12-core 3.33 ghz , 10.14.x, 96GB RAM, GeForce GTX 770 , NewerTech eSATA/USB3 PCIe Host Adapter, UAD-2 Quad, ::: 15-inch MBP (2015) 10.14.x, 16GB RAM ::: Lynx Aurora (n) USB ::: DP (latest version), Vienna Ensemble Pro danwool.com
User avatar
mikehalloran
Posts: 15134
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:08 pm
Primary DAW OS: MacOS
Location: Sillie Con Valley

Re: How to stop "Message Agent wants to use keychain" [solve

Post by mikehalloran »

When I changed the admin password back to my original password the requests stopped. I'd still like to have the ability to use a different admin password, but for now I'm set.
I never thought of that. That makes sense. None of my stuff set that off, only old apps from backups.

I think that IOS 10.6 was the last OS that allowed for an easy password change. Last I checked, there were different ways on Mavericks involving boot restore and Terminal.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
Post Reply