# errSecItemNotFound couldn't find your saved login in the macOS keychain

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/errsecitemnotfound-couldnt-find-your-saved-login-in-the-macos-keychain/167325>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** cli, macos, login\
**Created:** [August 3, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/errsecitemnotfound-couldnt-find-your-saved-login-in-the-macos-keychain/167325 "2026-08-03T15:22:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 8

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kgal-akl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@kgal-akl](https://forum.cursor.com/u/kgal-akl)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/errsecitemnotfound-couldnt-find-your-saved-login-in-the-macos-keychain/167325/8 "2026-08-04T13:45:15Z")

</div>

hey Mohit,

i ended up using a different command i found in [your previous forum comment](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-hangs-with-user-permissions/155627/13) to kick-start it:

```bash
env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" TERM="$TERM" agent

```

now all is working. thanks for the info about where cursor stores its auth on darwin and how to control it, very helpful!

---

_[View the full topic](https://forum.cursor.com/t/errsecitemnotfound-couldnt-find-your-saved-login-in-the-macos-keychain/167325)._