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In my Keychain Access, I have a keychain called: PrivateEncryptedDatak.

Whinin that, is Adobe.APS. From the Account info, it appears that it is related to Adobe AIR (/Users/harveyru/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/PrivateEncryptedDatak).

AFAIK, I don’t use Adobe Air, and so would like to delete the Adobe.APS, but I don’t know if it’s safe to do so, or even if I can.

Also, the PrivateEncryptedDatak is locked and I can’t unlock the lock (my PW is rejected).

Waddya think?

generally whenever a problem I'm working on has an obtuse word in it, google comes through with highly relevant hits right off the bat. google "adobe PrivateEncryptedDatak"

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2002750&tstart=0

Speculating on those, I assume adobe air rolls up a keypair of some sort either for exchange between adobe products, or as part of DRM, restricted access, or private sharing of data between workgroups.

It reeks heavily of "security through obscurity" though...

Thanks V1.

I'm making progress, I think.

I was able to delete Adobe.APS from the right widow. And I presume (hope) no adverse effects await...

Now, do you think I should also delete the "PrivateEncryptedDatak" from the left window (presuming I can)? Or, is that reserved for other stuff?

just in case it causes problems if deleted, I usually take things like that and move them into a new subfolder, and then get info on the folder and set everyone to no access, and let it sit there a day or three, until after a reboot if possible.

That way if something starts having a tantrum I can restore it and reconsider my options or do more research.

Thanks again V1.

I'll let you know in a day or three what happens.

Always, your time & expertise are appreciated.

I deleted the subject keychain and another created by Microsoft (for use by Entourage) with no adverse consequence.

I presume all is again right with the world.