Are they really safe? What are these Scripting errors? Looks like my data is being hacked
This is a brand new installation of OS X Ex Captain 10.11.1 on a formatted and new machine - Mac Pro Late Series 2013
I was running 1Password 5.4.1 from the Agile store but iCloud limitations (introduced only this summer???) required me to downgrade to v5.4 from the App Store.
What is the cause of this screen shot error
1Password Version: 5.4.1 - 5.4(App Store)
Extension Version: 4.4
OS Version: 10.11.1
Sync Type: iCloud
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Hi @dlaurentny,
Thanks for taking the time to write in. Let me start by re-assuring you that your data is safe, and you are not being hacked. This error dialog is brought up by the system itself when it tries to run the little piece of applescript that we ask it to run to automatically submit your login for you in the browser. I looked up error -10810 to see what it means, and this is what I got: "Unknown Error." Well that doesn't help us much, now does it. So let's see if we can kick it back into gear. Try these instructions...
- Open a new Finder window
- Use the Go > Go to Folder... menu item. This should show a sheet window over your Finder window with a text field.
- Copy paste this into the text field:
~/Library/Application Scripts/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper - Click Go
- This should bring you to a folder in Finder that contains a file named "1Password_Autosubmit.scpt". Drag that to the trash.
- Open 1Password's preferences window
- Select the Browser preference pane
- Check "Automatically submit logins after filling"
- It should bring up a dialog asking you to effectively just click 'OK'. The system is just asking you to confirm that you want to give us access to that folder that we just went to in Finder, so that 1Password can re-create that file we trashed.
Now try to use 1Password in a browser. Things should behave better.
Let us know how that goes.
Rick
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this script file does not exist. And why exactly is 1 pwd calling an applescript file which can be manipulated and edited by anyone in the world that has any basic knowledge of Apple scripting (i.e. speaks english)
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Greetings @dlaurentny,
One of the features relating to filling web pages is Automatically submit logins after filling and that option can be found in the Browser tab of 1Password's preferences. To make this particular feature reliable in terms of over all web pages as well as the major browsers we support we basically mimic the user pressing the enter key. My understanding is we can't programatically do that in a sandboxed environment so instead we pass this off to the AppleScript instead which can accomplish it in a single line. I wish there was a more elegant way of doing this but if there is I don't know of it.
If you have any concerns about this then you can disable the feature in 1Password's preferences and delete the AppleScript file. As long as the feature isn't re-enabled there is no cause for 1Password to try and create the file or use it.
It's true, it could be possible for somebody could come along and edit the file (I've genuinely never tried) but with that same level of access they could create other scripts and launchd plists too that can be instructed to always run as soon as you start up your Mac. I haven't had the need recently but I created a few of these in my time for various home-brew backup scripts I had.
Hopefully this helps explain the purpose of the file. If the file doesn't exist and 1Password has that option incorrectly enabled that could be the cause of the error message. It might be disabling the option would be all you need to do and if you want to re-enable then continuing from the 6th step in Rick's post.
Regarding iCloud. This change happened last October when Apple released iCloud Drive. When we moved to iCloud Drive it required using a particular iCloud framework called CloudKit. It can only be accessed by apps or applications obtained via one of Apple's stores which is when the AgileBits Store version lost the ability to sync to iCloud. For a bit more there is Dave's post from that time which will explain better than I can. The post can be found at iCloud Changes in the Website Version of 1Password 5
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Thanks for the detail response. Makes sense, and I learned a thing or 2 :)
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@dlaurentny Glad to hear Rick and littlebobbytales were able to help you out with this one. :+1: If you have any other questions, feel free to get in touch!
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Now I'm convinced I have a problem,.. Zip or No Zip? See my new post
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@dlaurentny: Unless you left something out, I think there's a simple explanation for your .zip issue. I've replied in the other thread. Please let me know if that helps! :)
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