Local Account Backup

Hi @daheinrich,

Thanks for taking the time to write in. While there isn't what we'd call a "local backup" you do have a few options that may work for you:

1. 1Password automatically caches your data on your device so that in the even you (or we) are offline you still have access to your data.
2. You can export your data to a 1PIF file, but note that this file is not encrypted and as such you'll need to take precautions to protect it -- such as storing it inside an encrypted disk image.
3. You can create a standalone vault and periodically copy your items to it. Note that we are unable to detect duplicates when doing this so you may want to empty the vault first, before copying your data to it, to avoid duplicates. Alternatively you could archive the previously used backup vault and create a new one each time.

I hope that helps. Should you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to ask.

Ben

ref: b5-3000

Hey @daheinrich! On Windows, you'd want to backup the entire 1Password folder to be safe. The easiest way to access it is to right-click the start menu, select search and search for %LOCALAPPDATA%\1Password. The data folder in that 1Password folder is where your local database cache lives, but you'll need the exact same version of 1Password 6 for Windows to open it up so backing up the entire folder so it includes the app itself is the safest route. On my PC, the 1Password folder is 16.5MB, so not tiny, but not huge either. Restoring this would be sufficient to access your data, though you'd need to take some extra steps to get filling up and running.

Ultimately, we want to add some better options for maintaining a backup on Windows for those who want them, but it's still in the planning stages right now. This will work for your purposes until we cook up something better, but keep an eye out for improvements as this isn't meant to be an ironclad backup plan just yet. :chuffed:

Likewise, thanks for the feedback! We're here if you have any other questions as well. :)