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Keychain Access User Guide
- Welcome
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- 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
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Copyright
You can export some keychain items (for example, certificates and keys) from one computer and then import them into Keychain Access on another.
Note: You can’t export passwords from Keychain Access.
Import keychain items
In the Keychain Access app
on your Mac, choose File > Import Items.Navigate to the keychain items file you want to import and select it.
In the Destination Keychain pop-up menu, choose the keychain you want to import to, then click Open.
on your Mac, choose File > Import Items.Export keychain items
In the Keychain Access app
on your Mac, select the items you want to export in the Keychain Access window.Choose File > Export Items.
If the Export Items menu is dimmed, at least one of the selected items can’t be exported.
Select a location to save your keychain items, click the File Format pop-up menu, then choose a file type.
Click Save.
Enter a password.
The password is required to access the exported keychain items when you import them on another computer. Some exported items, such as public keys, don’t require a password.
To learn about ways to securely share passwords from your Mac, see Share passwords using AirDrop with Safari and Share a Wi-Fi password.
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