Keychain question

[ChromeCrescendo]

I am moving to a new Mac next week

I do not want to use migration assistant as I want to do a fresh install of all apps on the new Mac

When I disable iCloud on my old Mac, will all my Keychain passwords still remain on iCloud even when I disable iCloud on my current computer?

Thank you and be well

 

[5097842]

Yes, unless you delete them.

If you have 2-factor authentication set-up, then everything will will transfer over.

If you don't have 2-factor authentication enabled, then you need to remember the pin code for Keychain access.

 

[ChromeCrescendo]

Yes, unless you delete them.

If you have 2-factor authentication set-up, then everything will will transfer over.

If you don't have 2-factor authentication enabled, then you need to remember the pin code for Keychain access.

Well I will be deleting everything on the old computer (reset to factory settings)

 

[Longkeg]

Well I will be deleting everything on the old computer (reset to factory settings)

Suggest you don’t do it until after you’ve set up the new Mac and verified everything has transferred from iCloud.

 

[ChromeCrescendo]

Suggest you don’t do it until after you’ve set up the new Mac and verified everything has transferred from iCloud.

Ahhhh yes good point - thank you

 

[hobowankenobi]

Or clone the old machine to an external...and hold onto it for safe keeping.

 

[appltech]

I am moving to a new Mac next week

I do not want to use migration assistant as I want to do a fresh install of all apps on the new Mac

When I disable iCloud on my old Mac, will all my Keychain passwords still remain on iCloud even when I disable iCloud on my current computer?

Thank you and be well

Migration Assistant is a utility that transfers all of a user's data, settings and apps from one Apple device to another. If you have a lot of files to move using it will be the fastest way. You can find it in the Application folder in Finder.
If you don't want to use the assistant, you can access all of your data from iCloud - to transfer it to a new device just sign in with your login and password.
To move other keychains from your old Mac:

1. All your keychain data is located in Finder. Open it and hold the Option key. Find “Go” in the menu bar on the top side of the screen and go to “Library” - it won’t show up if you don’t hold down Option. Then go to the Keychain folder;
2. Select all the keychain files that end with .keychain-db and move them to a new folder on your Mac;
3. Transfer the folder with your data to a USB flash drive or use AirDrop;
4. The system on your new Mac will glitch if you have similar usernames and passwords, so I suggest you change your keychain names - for example, login5.keychain. To do that, go to Application → Utilities → Keychain Access. You can manually copy each of them and add one by one. Choose File → Add Keychain → Insert your keychain here.