Unable to create sync chain

[dez7115]

Description of the issue:
Getting this error on MacOs "Brave could not access your operating system’s safe storage. "
Followed the troubleshooting guide, granting safe storage access.
"Brave could not access your operating system’s safe storage. " - Persists

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

1. Navigate to settings
2. Click Sync
3. Error appears "Brave could not access your operating system’s safe storage. "

Reproduces how often:
Every time

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
v1.46.144

Type of devices currently running on the Sync chain in question:
iMac 2022

Additional Information:

[Chocoholic]

@dez7115 Hi and welcome to the community.

Please follow the instructions in the below linked post and see if this resolves your issue.

BRAVE Sync - ERROR SECURE STORAGE - SYNC DISABLED

We’re working on getting information on this error message up on the Help Center presently. But put simply, Brave Sync is trying to access — as stated in the message — your safe storage data, which it at this time does not have access to. This typically happens when [system] login credentials are changed, permissions are changed or sometimes after a system update. For users on macOS encountering this You should see a notification prompting you to enter your password to the keychain, as shown b…

Brave Help Center article:

Sync FAQ

Hope it works! Take care.

[dez7115]

Those are the instructions I followed in my earlier attempt to resolve the issue prior to posting in community

[Chocoholic]

@dez7115

Those are the instructions I followed in my earlier attempt to resolve the issue

Try the below from How to fix issues with Brave browser not syncing. This works for any desktop OS. There are also posts in other topics from Brave support that has the same info. If you want to find a post from Brave support, just do a search. Posting the link was just easier for me!

1. After backing up your data, type brave://sync-internals into your URL bar and hit enter.
   
2. Select the Disable Sync (Clear Data) button.
   
3. Return to Brave Settings and go to Sync where you will have the option to Start a new Sync Chain.
   
4. Re-add your devices to the sync chain.
5. If any data was cleared you can restore it by importing the data that was saved to your PC.

[dez7115]

@Chocoholic

brave://sync-internals

Looks like that did it!!! Now…if I could just get the sync to work lol

[Chocoholic]

@dez7115

Looks like that did it!!!

So glad that disable sync (clear data) at brave://sync-internals worked for you! You should mark your above post as the solution so that Brave support and other Community members know this particular issue is solved.

@dez7115

if I could just get the sync to work

Follow the instructions in this Brave Help Center article:

How do I set up Sync?

If you still can’t get Sync to work, then please create a new topic explaining the problem(s) you are encountering.

Of course, if the same error message is popping up every time, please do post an update to this topic. A step-by-step, screenshots, and/or a screen recording may help with troubleshooting.

The Community Resources category has a topic with helpful tools
Useful Screenshot and Screen Recording tools to capture on-screen behavior. I’ve downloaded and used LICEcap which is super simple.

Hope all goes well! Take care.