Sign in to non browser application.

Kennybouy
Kennybouy
Community Member
in Mac

Questions
1. Can I use 1PW to sign into a none browser app, i.e.: Skype ?
2. IF so, how do I do this... Or is 1PW only for passwords used in the web browser?
3. I don't know how to save a password to a app not running in the Safari browser...

Comments

  • danco
    danco
    Volunteer Moderator

    Not for automatic login. However once you have an item, you can copy and paste the entries of the item into the app.

    You may, depending on the app, be able to find a category in 1PW into which it fits. Otherwise you could just take a login (new or a duplicate of one that already exists) and edit it to contain the relevant info and description. That's what I did to have my Apple ID available in 1PW.

  • Kennybouy
    Kennybouy
    Community Member

    Yo Danco, thanks for that, I manually fill out the name and password in 1PW for the Skype login. I open the Skype login page, put cursor in Skype sign in, click 1PW key, open the Skype login and it does not fill it in automatically? But if I copy the password from 1PW login, then paste it into Skype login , it works, this seems a very long way to do it?

  • MartyS
    MartyS
    Community Member

    1Password doesn't have any way to interact with applications other than browsers, so the steps you are doing are expected. Applications in general would have to supply a programatic means to accept input from external programs before this could change. Many modern browsers do support this through extensions and that's how the "magic" occurs.

    1Password is a great place to store your application credentials securely so many of us store these kind of "logins" or authentication information this way.

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