What is _iokstg_ on my keychain?

This is a new line which started to appear on my keychain in the past two weeks.

iMac 24″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 15, 2025 11:44 AM

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Feb 16, 2025 02:37 AM in response to Soygayyque

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Per Apple, the file-based keychains are fading away, with a migration to the data protection keychain underway. (Which can use biometrics and the secure enclave, where the file-based keychains cannot.)


Related: TN3137: On Mac keychain APIs and implementations | Apple Developer Documentation


TN3137 contains the following statement: "The file-based keychain is on the road to deprecation. It’s not officially deprecated, but some of the APIs surrounding it are. For example, SecKeychainCreate was deprecated in the macOS 12 SDK. Moreover, new features, like iCloud Keychain, require the data protection keychain."

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