Steps to help my family help themselves
I've been trying to get my kids (all grown) to use 1Password for years. Even bought them all licenses several years ago. We share some passwords/logins with them (Amazon Prime, for example). There are others. I'd also like to make available to them other sensitive information in case of an emergency (bank account logins, etc). The kids' lack of use is partly my fault because I haven't forced them to learn to use 1Password. For example, the following example illustrates my point: "Dad, what's the [blank] login info again? I forgot it." Of course, I then send it to them again, in plain text via SMS. I grit my teeth every time I do this and have decided to finally force the issue by no longer sharing this info with them once I get them all set up with 1Password. I'm willing to pay for their licenses, both for Mac and iOS (we're all fully entrenched in the Mac ecosystem), and I'd like to start setting up multiple vaults and sharing with them the info they need in one of those vaults. I know the user guides are all online and these forums are here as well, but I need some sage advice from someone who's been down this road before. What would you recommend are the necessary steps to take and the best way to go about this? Some ideas I've had are as follows: 1. Make sure each of my daughters has a DropBox account. 2. Purchase the 1 Password App for Mac for each of them via the Mac App Store. 3. Purchase the 1 Password App for each of them via the iOS app store. 4. Set up my separate vaults and sync them to individual folders on DropBox, then share those folders with each daughter. 5. Point my daughters to the best overview/training videos available. Anything else I'm missing? Also, a pointer on where I should best start to really get a good grip on managing multiple vaults and troubleshooting any potential issues would be helpful. What are the best resources out there to help me really understand how to set this all up so the experience for my daughters is relatively seamless? Any lessons learned would be greatly appreciated!!
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I use an old-fashioned but fool-proof solution. I printed out "All Items" from 1P and put the resulting 22-page printout in the safety deposit box. My kids know where we keep the key and they're both authorized to access the box in the event that both my wife and I are deceased. I used the Mac "Reminders" app to remind me to replace the printout every three months.
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Hi @rschindler,
The suggestion from Plato is a good way to make sure your family will be able to access your data once you are deceased, however it sounds like you also want to share vaults with your daughters now so they have access to Logins and other information which they can use on a daily basis? If so, it sounds like you already have a good understanding of what you need to do to set that all up, and I can also offer a few tips:
Some ideas I've had are as follows: 1. Make sure each of my daughters has a DropBox account.
Yes, they should each have their own Dropbox accounts, as vaults in 1Password can only currently be shared via Dropbox.
Purchase the 1 Password App for Mac for each of them via the Mac App Store.
Actually, if you've already purchased 1Password from the Mac App Store, you can use Apple's Family Sharing feature to share it with your family members, even if they each use different Apple IDs for purchases. Or if you bought a license from our web store, that can be shared by up to 6 family members in the same household.
Purchase the 1 Password App for each of them via the iOS app store.
1Password 5 for iOS is a free download, and offers free basic features. You can also choose to unlock the Pro Features in 1Password 5 for iOS with an in-app purchase. You would only need to purchase the Pro Features once and can unlock them in 1Password 5 on all your iOS 8 devices associated with your Apple ID. In-app purchases are unfortunately not included in Apple's Family Sharing feature, so Pro Features would be a separate purchase on devices associated with different Apple IDs.
Set up my separate vaults and sync them to individual folders on DropBox, then share those folders with each daughter.
Yes, especially if you want to share different data with each daughter. But if you'll be sharing the same items with each daughter, you could share a single secondary vault with them. We have more information about sharing vaults in this User Guide article.
Point my daughters to the best overview/training videos available.
The best places to start would be our User Guide for 1Password 5 for Mac, and our User Guide for 1Password 5 for iOS.
I hope this helps, but we're here for you if you have more questions! :)
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Thanks @Plato! You may be correct, although I also suspect @rschindler wants them to use it anyway. ;) Either way, between your answer and mine, I think we have our bases covered.
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Thanks @Drew_AG and @Plato. All good suggestions. It's not that my daughters don't want to use 1Password, they've just been too lazy to take the time to learn it. So, after a 2 week period to get things up and running, they know that I'll no longer share anything (logins, passwords, credit cards) with them except via 1Password.
PS--The safe-deposit box ain't such a bad idea either. Redundancy is always a good thing. Thanks again!
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The printout is in an envelope entitled "computer stuff." Also in the envelope is my 1P password and 1P usage instructions. That way, if we're gone, the kids can access our information from any computer and in any way that they wish.
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It's seems like you've got plenty to digest @rschindler, let us know if you have any further questions :smile:
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