On the Mac, the iCloud keychain if you are looking at the keychain access app replaces the login keychain. It only should be active if you are using iCloud. This might be something you will have to ask Apple about before you make any other changes, though. I don't know how that will impact your saved items. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Joe Quinn <jdawg1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Now I have restored to an earlier back up, and have keychain items in the > iCloud Keychain settings panel. However, iCloud Keychain is turned off. I'm > kind of nervous to turn it on, because when I did on the iPad they were > deleted presumably because they were merged with iCloud. I'm confused. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 26, 2015, at 11:01 PM, Rory <rory820@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> First of all, if you want your iPhone not to back up, you can change this in >> the iTunes settings. If you think restoring from a backup will bring back >> your old keychain passwords, it is worth a shot, but next time, I would not >> be deleting my keychain. >> >> >> Regards, >> Rory >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:57 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not sure what you mean by keychain passwords. Is this for everything >>> that was stored in keychain? That is usually saved in iCloud, as well as >>> the local device. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 >>> Mountain Lion >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Joe Quinn <jdawg1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> I accidentally deleted my keychain passwords and wanna know how to get >>>> them back. They don't appear to be in iCloud anymore. Can I restore from >>>> an iTunes backup and get them back? If so, how do I connect the iPhone to >>>> be computer and not have it automatically back up, thereby deleting my >>>> passwords all over again?************ >>>> >>>> >>>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>>> >>>> >>>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>>> their list subscription is: >>>> >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>>> >>>> The list archive is located at >>>> >>>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>>> >>>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>>> >>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>> their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx