Keychains Folder Huge

If you know your passwords, it won't hurt anything. Not sure exactly what would have caused that, but assuming it's just the keychain files in there and you haven't just accidentally saved something there, it shouldn't hurt anything.

jW

keychain item size

I was wondering how big the Keychain Folder under Mac OS 10.8 is supposed to get. After nearly running out of disk space on my 2011 MBA, I figured the Keychain folder was taking up near 20 gigs of precious disk space.

A deletion (as recommended by an earlier thread), seemed initially to solve the problem. However I soon realized that most new keychain files was taking up to 5.9 of MB.

dfwh said:

I was wondering how big the Keychain Folder under Mac OS 10.8 is supposed to get. After nearly running out of disk space on my 2011 MBA, I figured the Keychain folder was taking up near 20 gigs of precious disk space.

A deletion (as recommended by an earlier thread), seemed initially to solve the problem. However I soon realized that most new keychain files was taking up to 5.9 of MB.

Click to expand...

Something seems seriously wrong. Please open Terminal (in Utilities) and paste in


I get


Two files, 188K total.

What do you get?

Hi,
a couple of days after deleting the folder, surfing the web and re-saving log-in forms I get this baby (180 entries).

Folder keeps growing day by day almost exponentially. By now I have 180 entries.
Seems for my MAC, HAL 9000, security is paramount. If this goes on keychain will soon consume my entire disc.

Where's the reset for this issue?

-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 20K Sep 14 2008 Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates
-rw-r--r--@ 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:57 login.keychain
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 19 09:44 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-02l1PK
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 09:45 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-1ZxCd5
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 20:51 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-1mJKvU
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:46 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-2CHcLj
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 19 10:54 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-70DGvV
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:06 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-7DKd10
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:05 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-7IMPuQ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 17:17 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-9UcqF8
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 17:00 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-9pJ9KU
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 20 18:09 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-AMffLt
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 12:52 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-EP6VnX
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 18:11 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-GB5SaR
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:07 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-GpEesc
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 20 17:18 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-Gyk2ih
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 19 22:05 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-HRRdZW
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 02:39 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-JipJAm
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 17:22 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-KksXed
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:01 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-MGWIPq
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:41 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-MUYdvT
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:16 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-O4ZRJ8
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:05 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-OErHZX
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:52 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-OYZ60x
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 22:24 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-Od26Od
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 22:30 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-Qd51H3
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 20 22:24 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-V5PCbE
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:32 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-WC0nLA
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 21 00:01 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-WrWqBo
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:31 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-Y3bDTv
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:13 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-YPueom
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:52 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-ZixELL
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:39 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-anGn1f
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:30 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-cr2a4q
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 17:31 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-eMVNvk
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 16:27 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-eULAd0
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 19 21:32 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-fkhog1
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 10:58 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-fmgkxG
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 18:10 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-gsE7xI
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 10:53 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-jBSrPE
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:09 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-jYYPvM
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 19 10:09 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-jdGzAe
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 18:27 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-kqpEWr
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 09:48 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-l4UoUA
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 18:36 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-mtCh9R
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:57 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-nMYFe6
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 10:58 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-nYIhDj
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 22:29 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-pyshDb
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 21:42 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-qS5rSB
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 80K Jan 20 17:30 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-tEdnsm
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 19 10:05 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-tZ1MJI
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:47 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-tnC7Y2
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 16:39 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-ukguuw
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 14:08 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-vDgmnU
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 16:37 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-vdolB1
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 12:31 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-xEzjtq
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 18:19 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-yrzjAI
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 19 09:44 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-yu0FcS
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 16:55 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-0eUxlm
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:58 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-3uxJZC
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-4yc1jb
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:01 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-5YM1te
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 13:21 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-5YiVnL
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 13:05 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-8sYI5k
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:47 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-96H9Do
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 13:16 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-AQSZVU
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 69K Jan 17 16:59 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-AbGkFp
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 11:41 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-BPKYvJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 14:21 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Cyy8mE
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 11:39 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-F0eeJq
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:38 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Gr3Wc8
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:01 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Iida7q
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 69K Jan 17 17:37 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-JRVS78
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 16 22:09 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-KJ2x14
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-KYOk2v
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 18:10 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Kb9MQ0
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:03 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-LEXWVt
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-LNNf1u
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 16 23:21 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-LXcwnl
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:41 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-LcmTB3
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 18:30 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-MjYfbJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:22 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-P8gkqF
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:24 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-QhaU4s
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 16 22:01 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-RK1el5
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 69K Jan 17 18:04 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-TdY4n2
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-UR8nfV
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:42 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-UpBQX3
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 16:59 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-W2nd19
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 25K Jan 16 17:47 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-WiVM8z
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 13:13 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Xk3G7m
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-YIVmLm
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 14:14 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-YXDTwZ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:01 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-Zd2h6l
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 00:39 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-ZpX0W0
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 18:06 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-cEGM0E
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:37 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-cqHfAZ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 12:38 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-du8vSd
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 12:36 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-f0vUWf
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 69K Jan 17 17:46 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-gAkjkl
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 18:10 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-gNsgda
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:00 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-i7Ezbs
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:32 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-iC2WFu
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 15:28 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-iOj0Zw
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:30 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-jf6r3m
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 14:24 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-k0cZDJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 17:47 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-kaTy9m
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 16:13 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-lRHqox
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 18:06 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-lnui1H
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 13:06 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-mP7qUa
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 18:05 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-ndMhA4
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 18:06 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-oKCCiZ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 68K Jan 17 00:31 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-rJm064
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 69K Jan 17 17:41 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-rWrsqW
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 11:48 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-u8dVRY
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 17:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-uGyTPZ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 18:11 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-vS67Ai
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 16 21:13 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-x9Giz5
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:44 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-xJq5CP
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 10:39 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-yfvszx
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 17:48 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-z4Mwvb
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.5M Jan 16 17:49 login.keychain.sb-672f1a09-zjGmcV
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:17 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-0A7X58
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:27 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-7CTKMv
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:26 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-Dy7VQ3
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:26 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-EhofG4
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:17 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-FqopSp
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:29 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-Fs4S2P
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:06 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-ZDEdes
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 23:02 login.keychain.sb-6ff40775-tvFz8x
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 12:59 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-010C5L
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 14:12 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-07eN3g
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:28 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-084u6A
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 14:16 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-0BUUfP
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 10:56 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-20IBNH
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:01 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-3FNGy2
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 17:01 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-BybXdy
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:17 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-CcPawK
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:14 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-CqOeVl
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:55 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-DhQVQE
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 11:05 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-DkXwzM
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 14:12 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-Dun4Ni
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 17:55 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-E4hIzg
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:09 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-Eciy8R
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 17:53 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-HtBJYO
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:58 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-K0mwiK
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:11 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-KkMnkV
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:27 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-LjQEtq
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 18 16:42 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-OiRH0n
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:54 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-QwTgPn
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:02 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-U95TUB
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 10:49 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-UjqLKy
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:17 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-V4HcYl
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 18 13:44 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-V7Qadw
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:29 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-VBYzvA
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 12:58 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-VLnD6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 74K Jan 18 10:48 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-VVwufG
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:05 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-XcUYWt
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 12:56 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-Yrcr4C
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:40 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-aMrEaW
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 12:58 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-ahtGgj
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 17:52 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-cefygS
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:02 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-eiCYk9
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:14 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-fdGVq7
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 18 13:55 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-hHBIdJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 10:49 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-jdvGLD
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:48 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-jp210A
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:27 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-ld7UPG
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:12 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-mSrJkJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 16:37 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-msbqr3
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 10:52 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-nDsA6Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 18 14:59 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-nMn3Sp
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 14:30 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-qliEuJ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 13:44 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-uCbyD6
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 11:24 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-ucXaFs
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:02 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-vOMtbA
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 10:56 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-xMq3KB
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 18 15:15 login.keychain.sb-d6efcf70-zJAvX7
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 19:38 login.keychain.sb-d71608e6-NSwSja
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 17 19:38 login.keychain.sb-d71608e6-THVfIZ
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 70K Jan 17 20:01 login.keychain.sb-d71608e6-cddFcy
-rw------- 1 HAL9000 staff 23K Jan 19 19:42 metadata.keychain

dfwh said:

Hi,
a couple of days after deleting the folder, surfing the web and re-saving log-in forms I get this baby (180 entries).

Folder keeps growing day by day almost exponentially. By now I have 180 entries.
Seems for my MAC, HAL 9000, security is paramount. If this goes on keychain will soon consume my entire disc.

Where's the reset for this issue?

-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 20K Sep 14 2008 Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates
-rw-r--r--@ 1 HAL9000 staff 5.6M Jan 20 23:57 login.keychain
-rw-r--r-- 1 HAL9000 staff 78K Jan 19 09:44 login.keychain.sb-0b0c9965-02l1PK

-rw------- 1 HAL9000 staff 23K Jan 19 19:42 metadata.keychain

Click to expand...

Please open Keychain Access (in Utilities). In the Keychain Access menu, choose Keychain First Aid. Enter your password and do Verify and then Repair. Maybe your login keychain is damaged.

To quickly remove the login.keychain.sb-* files, copy and paste the following into Terminal:


A restart afterwards wouldn't hurt. Neither would repairing permissions.

LPZ said:

Something seems seriously wrong. Please open Terminal (in Utilities) and paste in

Code:

ls -hl ~/Library/Keychains/

I get

Code:

total 384
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myname  staff   165K Jan 19 06:02 login.keychain
-rw-------  1 myname  staff    23K Jan 11 15:58 metadata.keychain

Two files, 188K total.

What do you get?

Click to expand...

Just as a comparison... this is essentially what I get, with 10.8.2.

LPZ said:

Please open Keychain Access (in Utilities). In the Keychain Access menu, choose Keychain First Aid. Enter your password and do Verify and then Repair. Maybe your login keychain is damaged.

To quickly remove the login.keychain.sb-* files, copy and paste the following into Terminal:

Code:

rm -f ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain.sb-*

A restart afterwards wouldn't hurt. Neither would repairing permissions.

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I have an old MBP (early'09 17") running El Capitan that I'm migrating to a new 2017 15" MBP/Sierra, but Daisy Disk has my Keychain folder at 610GB and >190k files. I tried the Terminal command line, and it gave me "process too large". Do you think I'm stuck with laboriously cherry picking each file out in Daisy Disk, leaving the "original " login.keychain file, and a couple Microsoft files in the folder? I will try the command line again when I get home.