Changes in 1Password 8

Hello @Mark Sealey ! 👋

If you have a 1Password account then 1Password 8 will cache your data locally just as 1Password 7 does. Even if your internet connection goes offline you'll still have access to your 1Password items since they're encrypted and cached locally on your Mac.

There's no change to how this works if you're already used to using a 1Password account with 1Password 7.

The next time that your Mac connects to the internet 1Password 8 will send any changes that you've made to your 1Password account in order to make sure that you see the same items on all of your devices.

Let me know if you have any questions. :)

@Mark Sealey

The difference is that 1Password 8 will require the use of 1Password.com/.ca/.eu. There isn't a "standalone" option. That is a separte consideration from being able to work offline, which 1Password 8 does great. :+1:

Ben

@Mark Sealey

Sorry, no, that isn't what I mean at all. Desktop and mobile apps continue to be an imporant component in the 1Password experience. What isn't going to exist going forward is vaults that live exclusively on your computer (a "standalone" vault). If you do not have a vault called "Primary" in 1Password 7, this does not affect you. You'll be able to use the 1Password 8 apps just fine out of the box without doing any sort of migration. If you do have a vault called "Primary" then you'll still be able to use 1Password 8, but there would be a migration that would need to be done first;

Migrate your existing 1Password data from standalone vaults to a 1Password account

Ben

@Mark Sealey

Thanks for your reply. I have a single vault on my iMac. It isn't actually called 'Primary'. I also have a 1P account.

Great. In that case you'll be able to use 1Password 8 out of the box without going through a migration.

its use will be web-based and there will be no native app on my desktop.

If people are saying there won't be a desktop 1Password app anymore, then yes, they're wrong. As mentioned above, the apps continue to be an important part of the 1Password ecosystem. So much so that we recently wrote a blog post on exactly that point:

There’s an app for that: why we built the 1Password apps

And you can read about the 1Password 8 for Mac app specifically, which is now in Early Access (akin to a 'beta'), here:

1Password 8 for Mac is now in Early Access! 🎉

Jason isn't saying that there won't be a Mac app. What he is saying is that it won't be a native Mac app. His concern is about the technologies we're using to build the app, not the existence of it. The fact that we're using "web technologies" to build the app has no bearing on the ability to use it while offline.

Does that help clarify the situation?

Ben

@ibuys

Thank you. 💙 I care deeply about what we do here. I've been at it for 13 years. It is difficult to not take the criticism personally, but I try to keep in mind that folks only post because they too are passionate about 1Password. If nobody cared, nobody would post, and I'd much rather have a community that cares than one that doesn't.

A tough week, to be sure. Thanks again for the kind words.

Ben

Thanks much @Mark Sealey. :)

Ben