HMAC Not quite perfect, but it's getting there. I don't use all the features, mainly the web accounts and the secure notes. But it's a hell of a lot more logical and user friendly than apple's confusing and mystifying, often buggy keychain access app (which 1Password uses/interfaces with but pretty much you get to avoid the keychain access app with 1Password -- mostly, except when bugs pop up, which they do, which keeps 1Password from being a 5 star app at this point). Apple could learn alot from these guys in terms of making the whole keychain/security/secure access thing more logical and easy to understand. meanwhile i would give apple's own keychain maybe 2 stars if that many -- for all apple's reputation of being easy to use and user friendly, keychain access app is ONE AWFUL CONFUSING MESS. they have a done a terrible job of explaining how to actually use the thing for top security & protection purposes. 1Password needs to do some work on the secure notes area for sure; a user used to be able to search/find and replace in the notes and search ALL items for any keyword but that does not work anymore so it's at best a step backwards. And there are weird bugs that crop up from time to time. It's not perfect but it's better than nothing and better than apple's pitiful keychain only by itself for sure. That being said, this is a MUST-HAVE application for saving email/web account settings and passwords due to not seeing anything else that works better or cheaper.... Still 1Password is a valuable addition to the mac landscape and these guys are always looking to make improvements -- so while I don't give them all five stars on everything yet, they are at least 4 and pretty soon maybe 4.5 stars. (Version 2.5.6) |