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1Password for Mac Gets Updated with 30 New Features, 1Password Mini Item Editing

cdembek said:
Thank you to 1Password for this update!!
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You're welcome. Sorry again for the delay in it showing up in the MAS but the latest versions are both up to date now on our website and the MAS.

blueroom said:
How is 1Password different than Apple's password sync?
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A lot of things, we store a lot more types of data for starters. We work with non-Safari browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and Opera Next). We sync with iCloud, Dropbox, Folders (great for NAS setups, this is Mac only though), and Wi-fi (to iOS devices). We also work on Windows in addition to the Mac.

That's a lot to get started with, but if you read through this discussion you'll see a lot of similar questions that should answer that a lot more thoroughly. I also like to think our support is pretty awesome :) I might be biased there though.
 
blueroom said:
How is 1Password different than Apple's password sync?
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There is a lot, and I love iCloud too. My main issue with iCloud Keychain is how it was organized. It's just a list of URL in no order and hard to find something. I also like there are other things that I like to keep safe that will not work with the iCloud Keychain like back up passwords (used in 1 step verifications and so on) and work stuff. This app stores it all, and very easy to look up info too with the search built in.

Another selling point that it works with all operating systems (Android is in beta now), so if I leave Apple and iOS, I don't have to re-type all my passwords into something else too. The support is also great with them. I had so many questions and they were all answered, and even if some of them might have been repetitive.

Yes, the price might be steep when not on sale, and this is why I got it on sale. After playing with it for a week or so, I would have paid full price.
 
Two quick questions about 1password before I make the jump:

1) Do I have to use the browser in 1password for the passwords to automatically fill, or will it auto fill into safari for iOS or OS X?

2) What happens when I'm on my friends computer and want to show him something someone emailed me? How can I easily log into my email on a computer that isn't my own without having to type in a massive, confusing password? I love the idea of a stronger/unbreakable password, but if it reduces my ability to log into other computers that aren't my own it may make it worthless.

Any answers would be awesome!

(Sorry if these have been answered before, I went through about 3 pages of the thread before just asking myself)
 
MXSkier62 said:
Two quick questions about 1password before I make the jump:

2) What happens when I'm on my friends computer and want to show him something someone emailed me? How can I easily log into my email on a computer that isn't my own without having to type in a massive, confusing password? I love the idea of a stronger/unbreakable password, but if it reduces my ability to log into other computers that aren't my own it may make it worthless.

Any answers would be awesome!

(Sorry if these have been answered before, I went through about 3 pages of the thread before just asking myself)
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I have the 1Password app on my phone and I usually have my phone with me. This was I can access all my passwords anytime I need too. Personally if I want to show something on my email to a friend I can show them on my phone or just forward it to them.
 
I have been eyeing 1PW for a while and took the plunge yesterday. I have it on all 3 of my devices, ipad, iphone and rmbp. I do like it and it took a while to get all passwords changed and am still working on some minor ones. I still need to get rid of the mac keychain because I have been saving the new passwords in both places for now. I have everything set up on all 3 devices now and have synced with icloud and wifi too. On my mac and iphone all of the folders show up correctly with proper names for them. On the ipad the folders are there but only a couple of them out of 10 have the the folder names. The contents are correct but no folder names. Any answers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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I also found that when I have the view set to top and have a site highlighted to show up at the bottom the password strength bar is not the same strength between the two places. It shows I changed the password today and the strength bar in the list at top doesnt reflect the change. I have restarted 1PW and the mac and that didnt help either.
 
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MXSkier62 said:
2)How can I easily log into my email on a computer that isn't my own without having to type in a massive, confusing password?
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Well, there's the iPhone option.

I was going to point out that, if you sync to a USB stick, the stick actually includes a nifty browser-based reader that will run on any machine - but when I went to try it it seems to have got broken and won't run in anything other than Safari 5. Oh well.

Or... remember the password?

...at least for something critical like your main email account. Where programs like 1Password are really useful is for the 101 online store/blog logins, or annoying work-type accounts where they force password changes every few months (presumably to make sure everybody resorts to a post-it stuck to their display, or uses 'secret01','secret02','secret03'...)

You can set the password generator to produced 'pronounceable' passwords or groups of symbols separated by hyphens. Alternatively, for your most commonly used passwords you could make up your own using the XKCD principle: http://xkcd.com/936/
 
I am using the trial version, two days in I can say it does great but my only concern is using logins in different computers. I would be locked out of everything by not remembering a 30 character password of symbols etc.
 
viizi said:
I am using the trial version, two days in I can say it does great but my only concern is using logins in different computers. I would be locked out of everything by not remembering a 30 character password of symbols etc.
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Three things:

1) A single user license lets you install on multiple computers for your own personal use. Each user does need their own license. If you have two Macs, just install 1Password on each of those two Macs and sync it up using iCloud or Dropbox. We also sell a Mac+Windows bundle on our site for users who have both Macs and Windows PCs.

2) The mobile apps are full featured applications as well. If you're at a friends house you can type the password in by hand from your iPhone or iPad. Not sure about you, but I always have my phone on me and in a pinch, that works just fine to use the 1Password browser to login and access data if needed. It's rare this doesn't work for me. We have a full featured Android application coming soon.

3) If all else fails, there's also 1PasswordAnywhere, you can see that here:

http://learn2.agilebits.com/1Password4/iOS/Tutorials/ios-1pa.html

That's my preference order as well. I have 1Password installed on each of my computers, and in my Windows VMware image. These are all synced up to the same data files. The mobile apps are probably used less by me personally but many people use it quite a bit, it's just my personal workflow tends to be mostly on a computer. When all else fails, 1PasswordAnywhere works well in a pinch.

Just be aware, you should never type your passwords into a computer you cannot say you fully trust. That means cyber cafe shops, particularly in other countries. I wouldn't touch these with a ten foot pole. Any traveling I do I use Cloak VPN service and my mobile devices as hotspots or access points.

Please let me know if this helps or if you have any questions!
 
Best informational thread I've seen so far on this site :D
Thumbs up to contributors and AgileBits people.

You have me sold on trying 1Password... when the Mac/Android combo is released... unless there is an easy way of using Dropbox/Android?

Thanks.
 
RightMACatU said:
Best informational thread I've seen so far on this site :D
Thumbs up to contributors and AgileBits people.

You have me sold on trying 1Password... when the Mac/Android combo is released... unless there is an easy way of using Dropbox/Android?

Thanks.
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Great to hear this thread has been helpful :)

We do have a Readonly version of the Android application available at the moment. It isn't pretty but it does let you access your data on Android devices.

Alternatively, you could sign up for the Android beta, you're welcome to PM me for the beta link. I'm not entirely sure how that's going to work out at the moment since we're getting very close to release and may not be taking in more beta users but I can check for you.

Otherwise, the Android app will likely be out soon enough that you won't have to worry about it. If you'd like to be notified when it's released you can also PM me and I'll put you on a list of people I will contact when it's out.
 
AGKyle said:
Three things:

1) A single user license lets you install on multiple computers for your own personal use. Each user does need their own license. If you have two Macs, just install 1Password on each of those two Macs and sync it up using iCloud or Dropbox. We also sell a Mac+Windows bundle on our site for users who have both Macs and Windows PCs.

2) The mobile apps are full featured applications as well. If you're at a friends house you can type the password in by hand from your iPhone or iPad. Not sure about you, but I always have my phone on me and in a pinch, that works just fine to use the 1Password browser to login and access data if needed. It's rare this doesn't work for me. We have a full featured Android application coming soon.

3) If all else fails, there's also 1PasswordAnywhere, you can see that here:

http://learn2.agilebits.com/1Password4/iOS/Tutorials/ios-1pa.html

That's my preference order as well. I have 1Password installed on each of my computers, and in my Windows VMware image. These are all synced up to the same data files. The mobile apps are probably used less by me personally but many people use it quite a bit, it's just my personal workflow tends to be mostly on a computer. When all else fails, 1PasswordAnywhere works well in a pinch.

Just be aware, you should never type your passwords into a computer you cannot say you fully trust. That means cyber cafe shops, particularly in other countries. I wouldn't touch these with a ten foot pole. Any traveling I do I use Cloak VPN service and my mobile devices as hotspots or access points.

Please let me know if this helps or if you have any questions!
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neat! and that 1password anywhere is definitely peace of mind!
 
AGKyle said:
Great to hear this thread has been helpful :)

We do have a Readonly version of the Android application available at the moment. It isn't pretty but it does let you access your data on Android devices.

Alternatively, you could sign up for the Android beta, you're welcome to PM me for the beta link. I'm not entirely sure how that's going to work out at the moment since we're getting very close to release and may not be taking in more beta users but I can check for you.

Otherwise, the Android app will likely be out soon enough that you won't have to worry about it. If you'd like to be notified when it's released you can also PM me and I'll put you on a list of people I will contact when it's out.
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1) Will the upcoming Android App require an additional purchase?

2) If I buy the Mac+Windows package do i need to create two separate vaults, one on each OS? Can they be combined into one? (I assume one DropBox Vault file)

Thanks.
 
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RightMACatU said:
1) Will the upcoming Android App require an additional purchase?

2) If I buy the Mac+Windows package do i need to create two separate vaults, one on each OS? Can they be combined into one? (I assume one DropBox Vault file)

Thanks.
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Most likely, yes. More will be announced when we have firm details to provide. I'd assume you'd hear on our blog closer to launch. I wish I could give more here but until we've publicly announced this stuff it's not going to be something I can publicly state here.

The details are that it likely will have a cost. What that cost is isn't something that has been determined or announced yet.

As for the Mac+Windows vaults. You can do either or. Licenses are independent of vaults. You could have the same vault on each or different vaults. The choice is yours.

Purchasing a Windows license does get you a free upgrade to version 4 for Windows when it's released.

Please let me know if you have any other questions!
 
Speaking of licenses and upgrades, from the website:

...That means if you buy a license for version 2 of a product, you will get all 2.x releases for free, but upgrading to version 3 might require another purchase.

Please note that this upgrade policy is valid only for software sold and distributed directly by AgileBits. This policy is not applicable to software sold by other distributors, including the Mac App Store, iTunes App Store and Android Marketplace.
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So no free 2.x upgrades if I purchase from the App Store?
 
RightMACatU said:
Speaking of licenses and upgrades, from the website:



So no free 2.x upgrades if I purchase from the App Store?
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We released version 4 on the App Store. We've given all users who purchased version 4 all minor point upgrades free. So, 4.1 and 4.3 and 4.4 were free updates. All we're saying there is that version 5 might not be free. It's far too far away for us to predict at this point so I couldn't answer this at all, even in theory.

Technically we released version 3 on the Mac App Store and updated all users to version 4 for free.

For the iOS side. The same applies. We made 4.0 a new app. All purchasers have gotten 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and now 4.5 for free.

Hope that answers your question but let me know if it doesn't.
 
AGKyle,

I tried the 1password anywhere by syncing to a local folder, opening the html but it says missing key file, apparently you guys have been having this issue for four years? :\
 
viizi said:
AGKyle,

I tried the 1password anywhere by syncing to a local folder, opening the html but it says missing key file, apparently you guys have been having this issue for four years? :\
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It's not really a bug in 1PasswordAnywhere, it's due to browsers trying to be more secure and not allowing javascript to open other pages in local folders.

You can get around this in Safari by doing the following:

* Open Safari
* Click Safari->Preferences in the menu bar
* Click Advanced
* Click "Show Develop menu in menu bar"
* Click Develop in the menu bar
* Click "Disable Local File Restrictions

Now you can open 1PasswordAnywhere.
 
AGKyle said:
It's not really a bug in 1PasswordAnywhere, it's due to browsers trying to be more secure and not allowing javascript to open other pages in local folders.

You can get around this in Safari by doing the following:

* Open Safari
* Click Safari->Preferences in the menu bar
* Click Advanced
* Click "Show Develop menu in menu bar"
* Click Develop in the menu bar
* Click "Disable Local File Restrictions

Now you can open 1PasswordAnywhere.
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Ah okay, thank you. It works now
 
Installed and running -Two Thumbs up!

Any plans of integrating MS Office document passwords? or it's there and I totally missed it. I have several Word and Excel password protected docs that could use this added security.
 
RightMACatU said:
Installed and running -Two Thumbs up!

Any plans of integrating MS Office document passwords? or it's there and I totally missed it. I have several Word and Excel password protected docs that could use this added security.
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Glad to hear you're up and running!

For your documents, you could just use the Passwords category, or Databases. I'd probably use Databases if I were in your position.

We have no current plans to add a specific category for Word or Excel documents.
 
I'm sorry if anyone has addressed this already, but I was wondering how to best go about coming up with a secure yet memorable password FOR 1pass?
 
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