MacOS – OS X 10.11 unable to press “allow” on Keychain Access dialogs

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I'm running into an issue where keychain password verification box does not verify password – does not shake for incorrect password and nothing happens when I press "allow". I'm using iCloud keychain.

What could make the Keychain Access wants to… dialog box to not verify the password?

Nothing happens when I press "Allow" with password enters. The box does not shake when password is incorrect:

Best Answer

I encountered this same issue today. I could not "Allow" or "Always Allow" any programs, nor could I confirm my password in any dialogues. The interface wouldn't shake, even if I had entered the incorrect password.

I use Synergy to facilitate programming over several different computers. My mouse and keyboard do not belong to the Mac OSX device. I was able to hit the "Allow" button once I used a mouse actually hooked up the Mac OSX device.

In general, try turning off any virtual or physical KVM services and use the Mac mouse/keyboard directly.

Hopefully this can help you or someone else who comes here looking for help.

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