Questions about sharing vaults

Hi @darouiche1,

Firstly, no matter whether you purchased 1Password for Mac from our AgileBits Store or via Apple's Mac App Store, you won't need to purchase 1Password for Mac again. The single purchase covers you and up to 5 other family members in the same household for as many Macs as you have between you.

If you purchased from our AgileBits Store then you simply apply your licence file to the copy on his Mac (which will mean downloading and installing - sorry).

If you purchased from Apple's Mac App Store it depends. If you share a single Apple ID then you would simply download 1Password via the App Store application on his Mac. If you maintain separate Apple IDs then you would need to look into Apple's Family Sharing.

Either way though, you should not need to purchase 1Password for Mac again.

You will need to install Dropbox on his computer though. Now you can share a single Dropbox account between you if that's easiest although Dropbox does allow you to share folders between separate accounts if you want.

If you need any assistance in setting up the syncing itself please do let us know :smile:

Hi @darouiche1,

So with Apple's Family Sharing now active you can download 1Password for Mac onto any computer your husband uses his Apple ID on. So you will need to download 1Password for Mac but it won't require another licence to do so. That Apple link should hopefully show you how to do this.

Here is the order that I would suggest.

1. Have your husband set up Dropbox sync on his iPhone where it sounds like the vault currently is. This page, Sync with Dropbox (iOS) will help with this stage. I personally recommend installing the free iOS Dropbox app as things just work better when you have their app installed.
2. At this point you will likely have in your Dropbox the following ~/Dropbox/1Password/1Password.agilekeychain, the default when 1Password for Mac creates a new Agile Keychain and your husband will likely have in his Dropbox ~/Dropbox/apps/1Password/1Password.agilekeychain, the default when 1Password for iOS creates a new Agile Keychain.
3. What I would recommend is that you first rename your 1Password.agilekeychain to your [first_name].agilekeychain and have your husband do the same. This way the two will be easy to distinguish.
4. Then you will want to share your ~/Dropbox/1Password/ folder with your husband's Dropbox account and this Dropbox KB article, How do I share a file or folder with others? should help with that.
5. Your husband should now be able to see both your Agile Keychain and his. Have your husband move his Agile Keychain into the same folder as yours (the folder being shared). Now you should be able to see both of them too.
6. Now steps 3-5 will have disabled Dropbox sync everywhere because we've moved the files from under 1Password. That's okay. It will complain but we've not done anything that will do damage.
7. On your Mac you would set up Dropbox Sync again but this time instead of selecting your Dropbox folder you will want to explicitly select your Agile Keychain and have your primary vault synchronise to it.
8. Still on your Mac, if you double click on your husband's Agile Keychain, 1Password will bring up a window titled Create New Vault. What it really means is create a new local vault based on the contents of this Agile Keychain and then synchronise to it.
9. At this stage you will have a vault for you and a vault for your husband. They're separate so they won't interfere with each other but you will always be able to see any changes and you can print it out. Don't forget to keep these hard copies somewhere very safe given what is printed.
10. On your husband's iPhone he will need to set up Dropbox Sync again and point it to his Agile Keychain. He can then add your vault as a secondary vault on his iPhone if that's what you want by going to Settings > Vaults > Add Vault and following the prompts.
11. On your husband's Mac, the first time he launches it you will want to ensure it opens his Agile Keychain so that is the primary vault on his Mac. This page, Sync existing Dropbox data should help with that. He can then add your vault to his Mac just like you did with his.

So there are a lot of steps but everything here is a one off. After everything is set up you shouldn't ever need to revisit it and you will both have access to each other's vault without it interfering with your normal day to day usage of your own one.

What I would recommend is going through the steps slowly and if anything doesn't react the way we indicate it does let us know. Don't worry, the data in Dropbox is just your synchronisation data so even deleting it doesn't affect the vault on your Mac or iOS device. If you have any questions at all please do ask :smile:

Hi @darouiche1,

Apologies if the steps here seem overwhelming. I have sent you an email to offer more direct help with this. Let's continue the conversation there. We appreciate your business, and we're committed to helping you get the most out of 1Password! :)

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Hi @darouiche1,

As you have an active email thread going with Steve regarding this subject, I'm going to close this forum thread now so as to avoid getting wires crossed. You can just reply to the email from Steve to continue that conversation, and Steve or another team member will continue to assist you via email. Thanks! :)

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