1Password

I've used and loved 1Password for at least 17 years. I bought and paid for it for my entire family several times on >12 Macs just to help support the company. However, they recently got very greedy and switched to a full subscription model so I'm stuck on an old version (7.9). Even worse, their support is nowhere as helpful as it was just a few years ago (pre-subscription). Even worse, they only allow storing your vaults on their proprietary servers and not iCloud any longer! This is the only app on any of my 10+ computers that I'm sad to leave behind as I look for an alternative so I can keep using iCloud. I can't recommend 1Password as they get big and greedy.

If 1password 7 was the last classic version of the app, then Version 8 is its evil twin. Bloated as hell, confusing interface, no longer able to do a WIFI / WLAN sync, paid subscription service nonsense. You can wax poetic all day long about the wonderful "multi-national corporate background" the company has, but the fact remains, the program itself feels corporate and no longer user friendly. I've been with 1password since the VERY beginning and I'll be switching over to Enpass shortly. They took a beautiful app and absolutely destroyed it.

I am a staunch supporter, and have been since the release (2006) of 1Password. Why? The founders’ have a multi-national corporate background in tech; they have always responded to help queries; they provide me with a necessary multi-platform app. This, and only one other app, are the only ones I have a subscription to, so I am exceedingly picky about subscription based software. Growing a business from four people to a legitimate full-fledged multi-national organization with over five-hundred employees is no easy task and that's what they have done. Given that security is a diligent 24/7 endeavor I place my trust in 1Password for managing an organization focused on providing just that. There’s value for the money with 1Password as it is under consistent and constant development. I will be a customer of 1Password for as long as it exists and will also be a customer of any related 1Password product(s) in the future. I was around when the Mac began and the enthusiasm that the 1Password team has exhibited since they began was, and remains, along the lines of those developers’ who were there when it all started. They are perfect fit in the Apple world and with other platforms.

July 1, AgileBits 1Password cuts its own throat (from my perspective). HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON: https://support.1password.com/kb/202303/ - - "On July 1, 2023, the 1Password classic extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave will no longer be supported." By "classic" they mean the versions for 1Password 7. You have to buy into the 1Password 8 subscription nonsense (again IMHO) to keep using 1Password browser extensions in these browsers. - - So what about SAFARI? "If you can’t upgrade to 1Password 8 because your Mac has an older version of macOS, you can keep using the browser extension for Safari that’s included with 1Password 7 for Mac." - - The general message: "If you have a standalone vault, you’ll need to migrate to a 1Password membership to use 1Password in your browser." - - This strategy is strictly a marketing ploy. Play along or leave. <-Bye-bye!

Since 1password announced their browser and menubar extensions will stop working in July I migrated to Enpass Lifetime' license (been a 1Password user since 2009). So far so good.

145 MB for a password application !!! compared to 40 MB KeePassXC 40 and most password applications 10-40 MB.........Plus subscription-scam

v7.9.9 is the current version for those rightfully rejecting version 8. Release Notes: "Today’s update improves the migration experience from standalone vaults to a 1Password Account. . . . FIXED - Fixes an issue that made migrating to an account more difficult if you were in dark mode. Fixes a crash that could occur on macOS 13 when interacting with the item details." Be sure BACKUP A COPY of the previous working version. It wouldn't be the first time a broken version was released. - - Where to find version 7 updates: https://1password.com/downloads/mac/

WARNING. Do not apply update 7.9.7 to your v7 version of 1password. The application simply crashes very soon after launch rendering it totally useless. (Ventura 13.0.1).

To answer the big question: YES, version 8 is Subscriptionware ONLY. There is NO standalone version. - - This kills 1Password dead for me. When v7 no longer works, the entire app will be deleted from my Macs. I've found v7 annoying enough to have been weening myself off it, sticking mainly to my own encrypted, on-Mac / in-cloud password list, as well as in-browser (entirely on-Mac) databases, and Keychain where applicable. 1Password has IMHO committed suicide. From what I can tell, Marketing-As-Management is the rope that did the deed. Shameful.

i have used 1P6 and 7 for years and just today migrated to 8 on both my macbook pro 14" and iphone pro 13. I had 298 entries. All were copied smoothly and everything works perfectly. I am using 1P8 beta and 1P for safari extension. My only worry is that there is no local database, which probably makes me totally reliable on the company servers. on the other hand, if i turn off WiFi on the laptop the app works fine so there must be some local database somewhere. I wonder where...

Version 8 is terrible! Stay Away! 1. You have to import your data from 7, and it duplicated many, but not all entries. Several entries didn't import at all. 2. Tech support is overwhelmed (probably due to this mess), it takes over a week to get a response. I have been emailing for 3 weeks and are getting nowhere. 3. They had the guts to bill me for a year today because my trial of 8 is up even though I can't use it and have a mangled database which they still haven't fixed. 4. They force you into a subscription with this version (which sucks). Just keep using 7 as long as you cn a stay away from this junk. I have been a user since version 2 or 3 and it was an amazing app until now.

I've just tried v7 on 10.14 and the extension is ugly and cumbersome! The former versions were slick and elegant, in comparison. Yes, I use the same pw in different sites, but I don't need a big red warning every time (at least, make an option to disable the warnings "at your own risk"...) The pop-up truncates every bit of useful information, then you have to discard it manually, etc. OMG! The only downside to v6 is that Safari 14 has no extension for it, but guess what: old free version of Enpass (6.0.6) works there! :-D

Well I took the plunge and bought a new Mac which came with OS11 Big Sur. I have a lot of 64-bit apps designed for the Intel architecture which run just fine on it. One notable exception is 1Password. I get the message "1Password failed to connect to 1Password Mini. Please restart 1Password. If this does not help, please contact AgileBits support." Needless to say, restarting it does FA. It conveniently 'jams' on the login screen and stays there, having a little hissy fit because I don't want to subscribe to AgileBit's subscription model. And so it shall stay. Goodbye, 1Password, it's been a good relationship but you got greedy and I am off in search of pastures new. Any recommendations? Happy to pay for each upgrade say yearly of course, just not monthly ad aeternum. Something that doesn't stop working for no good reason. And please, don't give me that spiel that the 'paid upgrade' to v 7 works fine with iCloud - if it does just post a link to where on AB's site it gives straightforward instructions on how to set it up - I can't find them anywhere.

To confirm 'xcoxco' on 8/16/21, 1Password 8 will be an Electron (that is, a "non native" Mac) app. See: https://blog.1password.com/1password-8-the-story-so-far/ After all the nice things I said about 1Password 7, they pull this stunt for v8. Some background from: https://www.lifewire.com/why-electron-apps-can-be-less-than-ideal-5197984 "The biggest problem with Electron, from a practical point of view, is it consumes your computer’s resources. It runs a web browser, along with several extra supporting processes, for every Electron app you use." I suppose that if anyone can mitigate the downside aspects of Electron, 1Password can. I certainly hope so. But I'll stick with v7 until the jury comes back. -SB

Appears forthcoming 1Password v8 will not be a true native mac app. That is disturbing news. Rather v8 is based on the cross platform Electron technology: Javascript, HTML, CSS. Will have to see what it is like when finally released. Though I will start looking around now for alternative apps for my Macs and various iOS devices, just in case. Shame. Hope it's not a trend.

Still using 1Password 6.8.8 as I am not interested in subscriptions in any shape or form. Yesterday I was prompted to 'update' to 6.8.9 which I did, and lo and behold my 1Password Mini stopped working in FireFox and Chrome browsers. Strangely, when I reinstalled 6.8.8 from a TM Backup it all started working again. Wonder what went wrong?

Version 7.8.6 is out. Still five stars. I'm used to the subscription now, but I get that it's a turnoff for many. Family subscription is probably the best deal out there. App still works exceptionally well, syncs seamlessly between devices, and it is so easy to share logins with others. (Just out of curiosity: do other password managers do that? Anyone?) Only issue is that it gets confused if you have a clone, or TM backup, with the app on it. It will complain about more than one copy of the app, and may not load. Solution is to remove copies of app off external drives. A nuisance, and I wish the 1Password engineers could fix. Also, there's a new 1Password extension for browsers, the former "1Password X." They ask that all users migrate to it, as previous extension (4.7.5.x or something like that) is being phased out. (In Firefox, the new version is 2.0.2) Interesting that back around 2017, many "experts" warned about the risks of 1Password's public facing cloud storage getting hacked. Hasn't happened. Sorry. -SB

Very useful. I've always been having serious problems with forgetting the passwords to my emails, accounts and so on. After I discovered 1Password, all the problems vanished and it is so terrific to have a tool that memorize complex stuff for you !

I've tried them all, and 1Password has always been the best password manager out there. It's integration into the Mac system is excellent, and the browser add-on's work perfectly. I'Il never use another password manager. Keep up the great work!

v7.8.3 is now out! It changed 'Trash' into 'Archive' and made some further tweaks.