How to import and move keychain passwords on our Mac

Application Key ring the place there all passwords of our Mac are stored. Both system passwords, user passwords, Safari login and certificates and other information are well protected in this application.

In addition to consulting and managing this information the app allows us Import and export passwords so that we can easily transfer them to a new computer.

How to submit passwords

1. We open the app Keychain access which we will find within Other folder Applications. We can also use Spotlight (Command (⌘) + Spacebar) to look for it.
2. In the sidebar we select the keychain we like.
3. In this list we select the items we want to remove.
4. On the menu Archive we choose Export items …
5. We select the desired location, select the name and press Save.
6. If requested, enter a password.

Let us remember that some keychain items cannot be exported. When we see that option Export items … If disabled, we have selected the item that will not be exported.

How to enter passwords

1. We open the app Keychain access which we will find within Other folder Applications. We can also use Spotlight (Command (⌘) + Spacebar) to look for it.
2. On the menu Archive we choose Import items …
3. Select the file we want to import.
4. We choose the keychain where we want to import it.
5. Press Open.
6. If requested, enter the password from the sixth step of the submission.

And things we can't ship

With the things we can get out of the keychain we have a few resources.
If we have an iPhone or iPad and we have an iCloud keychain activated Use AirDrop to share various features with the new Mac.

If it is a computer we prepare and we can Use Configuration Assistant import the passwords of the old Mac.

We can finally access the folder Keychains within the A library user and copy all the keys elsewhere. When we import them into a new mac, all of their items will be imported, so in time we may want to remove some of them.