How to Transfer All Keychain Passwords To 10.11 from 10.6?

[macbook_21]

I have a macbook 2008 with 10.6.8 and have cloned everything to an external drive.

When I hook up the external drive to my macbook air with 10.11, however, I can't access any of the keychain data from the 10.6.8 drive.

How do I transfer the passwords from 10.6 to 10.11 keychains? Right now, I'm entering a few important passwords manually. Thanks.

 

[zhaoxin]

I think you can upgrade you 10.6 to 10.9. Then you can use iCloud keychain to sync your passwords. 10.9 is the minimum OS X version that can use iCloud keychain.

I am not a keychain expert. So maybe there are other better options.

I just read the keychain manual. There is exporting that you can use to manually export you keychains.

 

[e93to]

Have you tried copying Keychain folder in Library from 10.6 to 10.11?

 

[macbook_21]

I think you can upgrade you 10.6 to 10.9. Then you can use iCloud keychain to sync your passwords. 10.9 is the minimum OS X version that can use iCloud keychain.

I am not a keychain expert. So maybe there are other better options.

I just read the keychain manual. There is exporting that you can use to manually export you keychains.

I think the macbook early 2008 only supports up to 10.8. I'll check.

 

[zhaoxin]

I think the macbook early 2008 only supports up to 10.8. I'll check.

According to wiki:

The full list of compatible models:[7]

• iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
• MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch Polycarbonate, Early 2009 or later)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
• Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
• Xserve (Early 2009)