For months now I've been frustrated by a really annoying bug in Dreamweaver CS 5 Mac. For some sites it just refuses to remember FTP logins, whilst for others it keeps them fine. So each time I fire up Dreamweaver and need to upload a file for the first time on an affected site I have to go to the "Manage Sites" dialogue box and re-enter the FTP username and password. For the rest of that session it will work OK, but as soon as I quit Dreamweaver and restart it, the FTP login is lost again.
Well today I found the solution. It appears that it's something to do with the data stored in the Keychain. I found that if I deleted the Keychain item for the Dreamweaver site concerned, and then let Dreamweaver create a new one - bingo! Problem solved!
Here's a step by step guide to fixing it:
- Quit Dreamweaver if it's running.
- Go to Spotlight (magnifying glass icon on the far right hand side of the menu bar) and type "Keychain". Look for the "Keychain Access" application and click to launch it.
- In Keychain Access, you should see a list of Keychain items. Look in the "Name" column for an item named with the FTP address of the server in your affected site. It will look something like this: "myserver.com-SiteServer 0". It will also say "application password" in the "Kind" column.
- Click the item to select it. You should see some properties of the Keychain item appear at the top of the Keychain Access window. As a double check, ensure that the value shown for "Account" is the FTP username. If it's not, then you may have the wrong item.
- Once you're happy you have the correct item, and it's selected, hit the Delete key to remove it. Leave the application open for now.
- Start Dreamweaver, go to the "Manage Sites" dialogue box (Site > Manage Sites...), and edit the affected site. Click on the Servers section and double click the server in the list to edit it.
- Enter the FTP username and password, then click Save to close the edit server box, and click Save again to close the edit site box.
- You should now see that a new Keychain item has been created in Keychain Access (it should have the same name).
- You can quit Keychain Access and Dreamweaver now, then restart Dreamweaver and upload a file to your site - you find it works now without having to re-enter the FTP details.
Happy days!
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