sharing vaults with iPhone from Mac

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BillM
BillM
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I use 1Password on my MacBook Pro and have a number of separate vaults set up. I am ready to take the next step and install 1Password on my iPhone. My questions are: Can I share with my iPhone only certain vaults or do all the vaults sync when using iCloud? also, does 1Password for iPhone save and automatically add ID's and passwords to open iOS apps?

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  • Megan
    Megan
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    Hi @BillM,

    Vaults are synced individually, so you will need to set up sync for each vault in Preferences > Sync before you can add them on your iOS app.

    Please note that due to certain limitations in the iCloud infrastructure available to us, iCloud sync is only able to sync your primary vault at this time. You can set your secondary vaults to sync using Dropbox. To add them onto your iOS device, go to Settings > Vaults > Add Vault > Sync with Dropbox > select your Dropbox account and then the relevant keychain.

    I am sorry to say that due to the sandboxing of apps on iOS, Apple does not provide developers with a way to directly interface with other apps. Unless the app has included support for 1Password explicitly, we cannot do anything (like filling) in another app. These sandboxing restrictions also prohibit 1Password from providing browser extensions for mobile browsers. This is why we have 1Browser available within the 1Password app: to allow you to take advantage of 1Password's stored information and filling capabilities.

    Currently to log into other apps such as the Facebook native app, you need to copy and paste from the 1Password app. 1Password makes this easy as you can simply tap on the username or password to copy it. 1Password will then clear out the clipboard within a given time period to ensure that your important information does not stay in the clipboard after you no longer have a need for it. You can check out Apps that love 1Password to see which apps have added 1Password integration into their interface.

    I hope this answers your questions, but we're here if you'd like to know more. :)

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