How do I stop "node" asking for my password?

How do I stop "node" asking for my iCloud keychain password (for Adobe Creative Cloud)?

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My goals are

  1. never to see this dialog again,
  2. to continue using Photoshop.

If I can't accomplish 1 then I'm just going to give up on 2 and find a replacement product (suggestions welcome).

I've tired everything listed in the answers available here from Adobe's support site and here on AD, but none work. Some used to for PS 2020, but no longer for PS 2021 (which is why I suspect this is a new question requiring an updated answer).

Most recently, I contacted Adobe support chat, where I was instructed to use sdfsdf to remove Creative Cloud and was assured that though I (incredibly) would need to reinstall CC in order to update Photoshop, I could at least for the time being still use Photoshop.

But this is not true. After following Adobe support's instructions to remove CC, attempting to launch Photoshop results in:

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In case you think perhaps reinstalling PS might fix that, stop yourself: doing that installs CC as well, and I’m right back where I started from (minus all the lost time).


Uninstall Adobe, seriously. The cloud sync and heavy weight tools cost us a full time engineer to wrangle at work. We are locked in, but the alternatives are so much easier to maintain and a delight to use.