How to disable 1Password automatic updates using MacOS terminal?

ecadmin

Pretty much the title. I know this question has been asked before here (https://1password.community/discussion/97024/disable-automatic-update-check-via-script-or-command)
But I am unable to find the file that I need to edit. Where is it now?

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1Password Version: 8.10.7
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 13.3.1
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ScottS1P

Hello @ecadmin,

I'm Scott on the 1Password support team. It's nice to meet you.

Thanks for asking about disabling automatic updates for 1Password 8 for Mac. It's my pleasure to assist you with this today.

If you haven't already seen our About mobile device management support article, it may be helpful to you. Through a mobile configuration profile, 1Password provides an option to disable automatic updates that can be deployed through most MDM tools.

• The preference domain for 1Password is com.1password.1password.
• Set updates.autoUpdate to false.

I hope this information helps. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Scott Swezey
Customer Support Specialist @ 1Password

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ecadmin

Hey @ScottS1P.

I did go through that article and I understand what I have to do. However, I'm new to all of this and I just don't know how to find and edit that preference domain. Is it a file located somewhere? Could you explain how to set the updates.autoUpdate field to false?

Thanks.

ScottS1P

Hello @ecadmin,

The process will vary depending on which MDM service (Intune, Jamf, Kandji, and so on) you are using, or how you are deploying the .mobileconfig configuration profile to your team. Our team aren't experts in using these tools, so your best bet would be to contact the support team for whichever MDM service your company uses and confirm the process with them.

Thank you,

ecadmin

@ScottS1P my understanding is that I need to edit a config file that gets created when I install 1Password. All I need to know is what file is it that I need to edit and where it is.

Thanks.

ScottS1P

Hello @ecadmin,

It's not currently possible to control 1Password settings by editing a file on disk.

• The .mobileconfig profile files I was discussing before are something that must be activated in the system settings app and cannot easily be changed outside of an MDM solution.
• 1Password does currently store some settings in a .json file, however this file will not be editable outside of the 1Password app, starting in the near future. Any workflow that relies on manually changing the file will likely be broken, and could result in some settings being reset to default if the file is changed outside of 1Password.

Thank you,

ecadmin

I see. Thanks for your help.

ag_max

On behalf of ScottS1P, you're very welcome. Let us know if our team can be of any help in the future.