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MobileMe: Processes may ask for Keychain password too frequently

Posted in Apple Mac OS

Symptoms

In some cases, various MobileMe background processes such as PubSubAgent, mobilemesyncclient, FileSyncAgent, and dotmacsyncclient, may ask for your Keychain password at unexpected times or more often than you would like.

Products Affected

Keychain Access, MobileMe, MobileMe Sync

Resolution

Note: This article addresses the specific issue of MobileMe-related processes repeatedly requesting your password. If you are experiencing a different issue with Keychain and MobileMe, such as Mail not remembering your password, follow steps in Using keychains with MobileMe, troubleshooting keychain issues.