macOS Sequoia Autofill

jason13
jason13
Community Member
in Mac

I've seen some places in this forum where you guys have informed people that 1Password doesn't use the macOS autofill settings. I was just curious if there are technical reasons that prevent you from using this, or if there are specific design reasons for not adopting it, or if it's something that's coming in a future update. It seems like the native autofill integrations would be the best option, but maybe not.

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  • Dave_1P
    Dave_1P
    edited November 4

    Hello @jason13! 👋

    Thanks for reaching out! 1Password supports two different filling methods:

    1. 1Password in the browser (the browser extension): Get to know 1Password in your browser
    2. Universal Autofill: Use Universal Autofill in apps and browsers on your Mac

    These filling methods both use the 1Password filling brain which means that we're able to correct issues as they're reported to us, something that we can't do with macOS AutoFill. 1Password in the browser also allows us to support many of the features that folks use with 1Password such as masked email aliases, integrations with services like Privacy.com, SSH key support, and more.

    That being said, we have received requests to support the macOS AutoFill feature. Is there a particular use case, where the current methods fall short, that makes you personally interested in seeing macOS AutoFill being supported in the future?

    -Dave

  • jason13
    jason13
    Community Member

    I was mainly curious about y'alls rationale. I saw that you made updates to the iOS/iPadOS autofill functionality (though maybe those changes aren't directly tied to new iOS 18 functionality) and was wondering why you didn't also do it on the Mac side.

    I have run into the Discord issue mentioned in another thread where you can't sign in with a passkey, because it's only looking at the native integration. Not sure if that's a Discord implementation problem or how Apple expects it to work. But as more and more apps adopt passkeys, I'd assume we might see a similar issue more often.

    I also have my Mac linked to a Microsoft Entra directory, and my company has implemented the new Platform SSO feature, which directly integrates with the native system to support passkeys. So the native autofill has to be enabled so that the Microsoft Company Portal app's authenticator element can function. Given that y'alls recommendation is to completely turn off autofill, this can create a conflict between the two systems. This is a newer requirement/implementation for my company, so I haven't experienced a ton of issues so far, but I'd imagine they could come over time. It was problematic on iOS 17 when you could only select one 3rd party autofill app, and I sometimes had to change that setting from 1Password to Microsoft Authenticator temporarily and then switch back. iOS 18 has simplified that since both apps can be enabled at once.

    I didn't think about the masked emails, I'm guessing there's no way to use native methodologies to take over the iCloud Hide My Email button or present 1Password's option right next to it?

  • Dave_1P
    Dave_1P
    edited November 6

    @jason13

    Thanks for the reply. iOS is much more locked down than macOS is which means that 1Password needs to rely more on iOS AutoFill. For example, only Safari on iOS supports extensions which is why the 1Password extension is only available for that browser on the iPhone and iPad.

    macOS, on the other hand, offers more options and allows 1Password to support two different filling methods:

    Because the team already supports two different filling methods there hasn't been as much priority given to supporting a third filling method. That being said, there are some use cases that customers such as yourself have reported where integration with macOS AutoFill could be helpful and the team is tracking those use cases. I've filed a feature request on your behalf as well.

    I also have my Mac linked to a Microsoft Entra directory, and my company has implemented the new Platform SSO feature, which directly integrates with the native system to support passkeys. So the native autofill has to be enabled so that the Microsoft Company Portal app's authenticator element can function.

    The team would be interested in learning more about this. Could you have your company's IT team reach out to your account manager or our support team at support@1password.com to discuss this in more detail. We'd love to learn more about how we can support this use case.

    -Dave

    ref: PB-44051293