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Mattsson
Helpful | Level 6
5 months ago
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I'm getting an error exporting my Dropbox Passwords CSV file into Apple Keychain

Now that dropbox passwords is being shutdown, there needs to be a possibility to export all passwords into apple keychain. Currently, I'm getting an error message when trying to import the exported p...
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  • Neal's avatar
    Neal
    4 months ago

    Hi Mattsson​, 

    That's an issue with Apple's importer, to be honest, CSV export is a semi-standardized way to transfer credentials between password managers, but ultimately, it's a "best effort" approach.


    The simple answer is that an easy migration to Apple Keychain is probably not possible. If you wants to switch to Apple Keychain nonetheless, the best I can think of is to:

    1. Rename the columns as outlined as I mentioned previously.
    2. Remove any rows that have special characters in them and add them to Keychain after the import, manually.
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AngelSoto
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

Hi everyone,

I was fiddling with this after seeing your post, trying to figure it out. It turns out very "simple".

Just open the .csv file with TextEdit you just exported from Dropbox Passwords and change the column titles (the first ones you will see, don't bother scrolling to your password data) and make them match the Apple Keychain .csv format (I just exported one .csv and checked).

Once the columns of the .csv match, the import works (I still have to check if there where any errors in any of the keys), but seems to be fine.

Apple Keychain columns are:
Title,URL,Username,Password,Notes,OTPAuth

I hope this works for you guys as well!

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TilmanM
Helpful | Level 6
5 months ago

I tried it, and I think it worked, my Passwords are in Keychain now. Thank you very much for explaining it

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