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BrandiLO1
Intuit Alumni

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

Please follow the steps here. If this does not work, please click here to contact customer support.

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

This issue is not a “Forgot Password” problem - it is asking for a password that doesn’t exist and there is no retrieve password option because it won’t allow you to move forward without one.

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

As I said in an earlier post, the REASON for this error is how Apple is handling encryption on the Mac.

 

THE SOLUTION to the problem is simple.

1. REBOOT the machine (totally!)

2. sign into your mac

3) start turbo-tax

4) enter your screensaver password

5) click ALWAYS save (or whatever I said earlier).

 

Error or bug, it's an APPLE issue

 

 

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

This thread is not about forgotten passwords on protected files tax returns. It's about TurboTax Needs Keychain Password.

 

THIS IS THE ANSWER:

Go into MacintoshHD ... applications .... utilities .... keychain access.  Open the "keychain access" app.  Search for "intuit" and a few things will come up.  Click on one of them that says "application password."  Go to the "access control" tab. Select the bullet that says, "Allow all applications to access this item."  Obviously, you will probably need your mac password or main keychain password to make this change.  There are limits to my powers,

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

You do not need to reboot before trying to save your file.  I did not reboot and all was fine.  You take the risk of loosing all your data you just entered in your Turbo tax if you reboot first.  The only issue I have ever had like this is with Turbo tax and only this year.  I don’t really think this is an Apple issue, otherwise you would see this issue pop up elsewhere.  Turbo tax needs to address this problem.  Their customer support are clueless to this problem, at least the person to whom I spoke with.  They are not technical people but read from scripts until you get to another technical tier.

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

the key is that when asked for a password, it's the password for your Mac, not something you created in TurboTax

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

its a **bleep** intuit issue 

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

The key is to use your Mac password (not any Intuit one) AND - CRUCIAL - don't hit "enter" or "return" but "always allow" - THAT IS WHAT FIXES THIS. 

 

What an ordeal and a simple fix.

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

I talked to 5 different Turbo Tax Reps for about 4 hours about this issue on 2/22/2023 (recorded the whole conversation), got disconnected by the first rep after several minutes, finally was told by the 4th representative that I would be connected to a Turbo Tax tech support rep by the name of Camille (representative # 5), who (Camille, representative #5) told me she's not a tech support representative, and that Turbo Tax doesn't have any tech support reps to help with Turbo Tax tech issues.  THE FIRST THREE TURBO TAX REPS told me that the CD Versions are corrupted (I had bought and installed a CD Version).  They then asked me to uninstall the CD Version, and they gave me a free online download version (AFTER OFFERING ME A "REDUCED PRICE" FOR THE ONLINE DOWNLOAD VERSION, WHICH I DISPUTED).    The issue still was not resolved. 

All the Turbo Tax  representatives stated that this Mac keychain password issue is a Mac issue, not a Turbo Tax issue.  With Turbo Tax rep #5 (Camille), I asked if we could conference and screenshare (both Turbo Tax rep and Apple Support tech rep screensharing), and we did screenshare.  The Apple Tech Support Tech person was very professional AND knowledgeable, and after spending about 20 minutes, with the Turbo Tax rep on conference and screenshare, the Turbo Tech rep said she had to leave.  This was after the Apple Support Tech Person went through several troubleshoots with me, and finally stated this is a Turbo Tax issue, NOT a Mac issue.  The Turbo Tax rep told me she'd call me back in 30 minutes, and as I suspected, she never called back. Instead, I received at least three email messages from Turbo Tax stating that this case number is closed!  THE APPLE TECH SUPPORT PERSON sent me to this site (saying Apple has gotten calls from many Mac users about this issue)  which as of 2/22/2023 had over 5,000 complaints regarding this issue, but today, 2/26/2023, I see well over 6,000 complaints about this issue.  I got back pain and chest pain during this 4+ hour ordeal with Turbo Tax, and the issue is still not resolved.  -I have been using Turbo Tax for about 30 years, and I AM AT A LOSS HOW A COMPANY OF THIS STATURE CAN IGNORE AN ISSUE LIKE THIS, AND ALSO CLAIM THAT TURBO TAX (INTUIT) DOESN'T HAVE ANY TURBO TAX TECH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE!  -MICHAEL S.    

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

Whatever.  Just follow the directions from my post past Monday and get on with your life. It works. 

THIS IS THE ANSWER:

Go into MacintoshHD ... applications .... utilities .... keychain access.  Open the "keychain access" app.  Search for "intuit" and a few things will come up.  Click on one of them that says "application password."  Go to the "access control" tab. Select the bullet that says, "Allow all applications to access this item."  Obviously, you will probably need your mac password or main keychain password to make this change.  There are limits to my powers,

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

IT'S NOT A MAC ISSUE.  I SPENT OVER FOUR HOURS WITH 5 TURBO TAX REPS AND ONE MAC TECH SUPPORT REP, AND THE RESULT IS: IT'S A TURBO TAX ISSUE.  THREE OF THE TURBO TAX REPS THEMSELVES TOLD ME THE TURBO TAX IS CORRUPTED, AND THEY OFFERED ME A FREE ONLINE DOWNLOAD VERSION, WHICH CAME UP WITH THE SAME CORRUPTED ISSUE.  IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE TURBO TAX REPS WERE TOTALLY CLUELESS!  MICHAEL S.  

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

NOT YOU, BUT TURBO TAX IS INSANE, JOAQUIN! Michael S

Oak-land
New Member

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

Same issue appears for me in Feb '23 ---  while trying to download/handshake institutional tax form data.

No keychain id to match the prompt - no resolution, freezes color wheel spins, shut down Mac. 

---  makes you feel stupid if you've done this without issue in the past

serious doubts about ability to use software to automate tax entry...

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

 

Hi Michael S6--

 

I totally understand your frustration -- no idea WHY Turbo has to constantly make these dumb changes - and 

then has no one to help. Last year I went to weeks of frustration regarding JP Morgan vs Chase download (again, main problem was with Mac). This year was the keychain problem.

 

Anyway, I went thru several days of frustration with this stupid "keychain" problem -- trying to figure out what the hek they were talking about. At one point, I used my sign in password that I used on my Mac, and it worked - I was so happy. BUT then when I tried saving my work, it would not let me - that stupid message kept showing and I could not get rid of it - can't remember how I finally did get rid of it. SO FRUSTRATING!!

 

Finally after several days trying to figure it out, I called, and as I was on the phone, I put in my Mac password, and then hit "always allow" vs just hitting the "enter" button -- and it worked!!! I know this sounds very simplistic but I went totally crazy for several days trying to figure it out. I guess by talking it out with the TT representative (very nice person), it helped (even though I figured it out on my own). I was clicking on "allow", putting in my number, and then hitting enter. By hitting "always allow" instead of the "enter" button - it worked -- and has been working since. No further problems.

 

I am sure you have already tried this-- but who know, maybe, like me, you have been hitting the "enter"  button after entering your code?? I could not believe all my days of aggravation (and I do get upset and aggravated very easily so it was not a pleasant 3- days!) and it  turned out to be something so simple - for me at least. I never did figure out what the hek they were talking about with the keychain crap. I did do a download from Costco - not sure if that makes a difference. 

 

I guess I will never understand why Turbo Tax changes these things without doing any kind of testing -- especially on Mac computers, since they know those are the ones where they always run into trouble.

 

 

CarissaM
Intuit Alumni

Mac keychain password to access turbotax 2022

Here is a great workaround for entering the password keychain while filing using a Mac. 

 

Please let us know if we can further assist you. @peterbcpa @Oak-land @MichaelS6 

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