Mac, iOS, Vaults & Dropbox

@Chairwalker,

We can also get the data from your iPhone if you have it there. It sounds like you might, but I want to confirm that in case we need to go that route.

Thanks @Chairwalker! And don't worry about your English, I think it's fine, and your replies have been easy for me to understand. :)

First, to answer your question:

Assuming the secondary vaults passwords are hidden somewhere in the main 1P vault, why don't offer the user to create visible entries (for those passwords) in the main 1P file in the secondary vault creation dialog?

Actually, the master passwords for the secondary vaults aren't stored in the Primary vault (and neither is your Primary vault's master password). In fact, your master passwords aren't stored anywhere at all (which is part of what makes 1Password so secure).

To make a long story short, when you choose a master password for a vault, that password is used to encrypt a key, and that key encrypts the data in the vault. When you have multiple vaults in 1Password for Mac or iOS, unlocking the Primary vault automatically unlocks the secondary vaults by using their encrypted keys, not their master passwords. But the Primary vault doesn't have access to those vaults' encrypted keys until you add those vaults to 1Password (which requires entering their master passwords).

In the future, you can certainly choose to store the master passwords for other vaults in your Primary vault if you want to.

Now, getting back to solving the problem: To get the data from your iPhone, you can make a backup of that data and copy it to your Mac, then use that backup to restore all your vaults to 1Password on your Mac. You can do that by following these steps:

• Follow the steps in the "Creating manual backups" section here: Creating and restoring 1Password backups in iTunes (iOS)
• After following those steps, you should have a backup file with a ".1p4_zip" extension on your Mac.
• Open the 1Password app on your Mac, and go to File > Restore.
• In the window that opens, click Find Backup.
• Select your backup file and click the Add Backup button.
• Select that backup (it should be the most recent one) and click the Restore button.

If all goes well, you should have all your vaults back in 1Password on your Mac, and can unlock them all by unlocking the Primary vault. You will need to re-enable Dropbox sync for each vault that syncs with your iPhone, and you'll be able to select the appropriate .agilekeychain files in Dropbox when you do that. The only problem you might run into is if you are asked for the master password for your secondary vaults when re-enabling Dropbox sync. If so, just let us know and we'll help you find another way around that.

Now, even if everything works well up to this point, please keep in mind that you still don't know the master passwords for your secondary vaults, so if you need to go through something like this again in the future, you'll run into a problem again. To avoid that problem, you may want to create new secondary vaults in 1Password on your Mac, making sure you choose master passwords that you'll remember. Then you can copy or move items from the old secondary vaults to the new ones, and finally, delete the old secondary vaults from 1Password on your Mac and iPhone (and from Dropbox). You'll be able to sync the new vaults to Dropbox from your Mac and add them to 1Password on your iPhone. If you decide to do that and need some more specific instructions, please let us know.

Let us know how it all goes and if you have questions about any of that. Thanks! :)

@Chairwalker,

On behalf of myself and Drew (who honestly did most of the work), you are quite welcome. Thank you so much for your kind words (and for sharing them with the world in your review). I'm sharing them with the whole team here now. :)

I also left a review on the AppStore. Hopefully, Apple will approve my reviews faster than they approve apps.

Haha! Have a great rest of your week and a lovely New Year, Luke!

All the best to you.