How do I import my Apple/iCloud Keychain passwords into 1Password 4 for Mac?

There are a couple of options for importing from CSV or (a bit trickier, OS X Keychain) into 1Password 4. It will be a lot easier to work from the CSV, so thanks for getting that.

Until we get all of the importers that we had in 1Password 3 fully functioning you in 1Password 4 (some of them are beginning to show up in the 1Password 4 Betas), you will need to go through a round-about method.

You should fetch 1Password 3 from our website. The most recent version 3 is 3.8.21, and direct download

Then use the importer in 1Password 3. When you select the "CSV or Delimited Text" method and pick your file, you will see the CSV Import Assistant

Anyway, once the data is imported, you should then be able to export it as 1PIF, which 1Password 4 will happily import.

Please note that the CSV file and the 1PIF data will contain your data unencrypted. So once you are have verified that your data is working in 1Password 4, you may which to remove the intermediate CSV and 1PIF files from any place where they might be captured.

I'm sorry that this is so cumbersome at the moment, switching versions and all. We are working on reintroducing importers into 1Password 4, but for the moment, you need to use this somewhat round-about method.

Cheers,

-j

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Jeffrey Goldberg
Chief Defender Against the Dark Arts @ AgileBits
http://agilebits.com

That's great geof.

Thanks for letting me know. And welcome to the forums. We are typically more responsive to activity here, but the absolutely overwhelming response to the release of 1Password 4 has been, well, a bit overwhelming. So it can take us a day or two to respond.

Cheers,

-j

Hi Isaac,

Normally, you would have 30 days free trial without a limit on the number you can add to your 1Password data. But for one of any number of possible reasons (such as have tried the free trial before) your 30 days may have expired.

Normally, I'd say you can write to support to get a temporary license for 1Password 3 or to "restart" your trial, and it will get sorted out quickly. But at the moment, there are long delays in getting back to people. So, the best I can do is say to write into support (as above) and be patient in waiting for a response.

Hi guys,

Sounds like AgileBits isn't able to keep up with their newfound customer demand for v4.

Understatement of the year for us. :) You're correct, it's a good problem to have but it's hurting us and our customers as we want to help everybody at the same time and we're making some progress but we're still way behind. We're also working on several updates soon to fix many of the reported issues and finally get that Known Issues page down to zero. :)

@bj1pass, that really is weird. It might be because the files are protected by OS X as it is sandboxed from not only itself but from other processes, so it may be difficult to delete with another app. Usually, trashing the app file is enough.

The weirder thing is, opening 1Password 3 should never open 1Password 4, they have nothing to do with each other. I have both 3.8.21 and 1Password 4 running here as we still support our 1Password 3 customers but I've never seen that issue you've reported. I also haven't seen this in our support queues. Hopefully, everything's good now.

Thank you for writing this down for the rest of us, it is much appreciated!

Hi, @Ivo.

We haven't finished working on 1P4 importers and custom CSV importing is still a possibility.

For your failing CSV import, it could be a newline issue similar to what I mentioned elsewhere.

We'd appreciate seeing a sample of the failed import (see post #4 that other topic) if you'd like to email us one. Thanks!

Hi @TimGuyKing,

Unfortunately there is no way to directly import from your Mac keychain to 1Password. However, to save you the time of manually re-entering all of your information, I suggest simply using the two in parallel for a while. Ensure that the 1Password Mini is running, and log in to sites using your Mac keychain as you normally do. Whenever 1Password notices a Login that is not stored in its database, it will prompt you to save. It's not an immediate solution, but it will save you some effort, and also help you get used to the features and workflow of 1Password. :)

Greetings, @NathanLucy.

1Password 4 for Mac now supports importing of CSV format files, as documented here:

How can I import data from another application?

What @RobYoder wrote elsewhere is still true:

Unfortunately, we can't directly access OS X keychain information. And Apple doesn't make it easy to export that information either.

So, like @geofharries mentioned in his first post, iCloud (Apple) Keychain items can be exported to a CSV file using rwest's script:

Convert OS X Keychain exported entries into logins for 1Password import

And now the CSV files it creates can be imported file directly into 1Password 4 instead of importing/exporting with 1Password 3 as an intermediary. Secondary vaults can be handy when testing importing and for storing certain imported data more permanently.

And there's some information about using 1Password 4 and iCloud Keychain together in this topic:

Apple keychain vs 1Password interference?

I hope that's helpful. :)

That's great, @NathanLucy. Thanks for letting me know. Have a wonderful week! :)

Hi @gvantass,

Thanks for your interest in 1Password and asking about how to import your Apple Keychain password data into it. I've merged your topic into one with an answer to that question and instructions in post #20. The Apple (iCloud) Keychain data has to first be converted to CSV data, which can then be imported into 1Password 4. As you can see, @NathanLucy had relatively recent success doing it. :)

Another option is to save new items to 1Password after they've been filled with login details from Safari's AutoFill (which can remain enabled as long as you'd like).

If you have more questions about this or anything else please don't hesitate to ask!

On behalf of @sjk, you're welcome! :)