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Ted L. Nancy
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Oct 31, 2009, 07:47 PM
 
Every time I download anything from the iTunes Store (usually about once per week to update iPhone apps) it asks me for my password even though I mark the checkbox to remember my password for future downloads.

Is there a way to fix this?

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Oct 31, 2009, 07:55 PM
 
I am having the same problem.
     
Ted L. Nancy  (op)
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Nov 11, 2009, 11:46 PM
 
Any ideas?
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Dec 21, 2009, 01:03 PM
 
Me too. This is annoying. Must be a keychain issue.
     
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Dec 21, 2009, 01:40 PM
 
Do you have the Passcode Lock activated ?

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Ted L. Nancy  (op)
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Dec 21, 2009, 03:33 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Do you have the Passcode Lock activated ?

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You mean to lock an iPhone? No.
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Dec 21, 2009, 04:21 PM
 
Go into Keychain Access in the Utilities folder and type itunes in the search field. Delete the key. Quit and restart iTunes. You should have to enter the info one more time, but then it should be remembered with a new key.

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Dec 21, 2009, 08:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by Ted L. Nancy View Post
You mean to lock an iPhone? No.
Yes. In retrospect, I see that this question pertained to the Mac version of the iTunes Store.

n/m then.

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Ted L. Nancy  (op)
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Jan 9, 2010, 01:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by ibook_steve View Post
Go into Keychain Access in the Utilities folder and type itunes in the search field. Delete the key. Quit and restart iTunes. You should have to enter the info one more time, but then it should be remembered with a new key.

Steve
I finally got around to trying this. Unfortunately, it did not seem to fix the issue.

In fact, I created a whole new keychain, but that didn't work either.
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