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Table of Contents

Keychain Access User Guide

  • Welcome
    • What is Keychain Access?
    • View the information stored in a keychain
    • Use passwords
    • Store confidential information securely
    • Copy keychains
    • Create an identity preference
    • Import and export keychain items
    • Delete a keychain
    • Get information about a certificate
    • Determine if a certificate is valid
    • Change the trust settings of a certificate
    • Request a certificate from a certificate authority
    • Add certificates to a keychain
    • Create your own certificate authority
    • Create self-signed certificates
    • Issue new certificates
    • Create a certificate preference
    • What is a digital identity?
    • What’s a certificate?
    • About your keychain password
  • Keyboard shortcuts