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9AmberMoog's avatar
9AmberMoog
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2 years ago

MAC OS and Rich Icons? What are best practices? How can I turn them off?

I was under the impression it was better on a Mac OS to not have Rich Icons. I notice on my Mac that Rich Icons are now populating - previously I had them turned off, but can no longer find out how t...
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1P_Dave's avatar
1P_Dave
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2 years ago

9AmberMoog

Thanks for the reply. I'll respond below:

I use 1P on my iMac and iPhone. As I mentioned above I was not able to turn off the Rich Icons on the iMac 1P vault, but once I turned them off on my iPhone via the app, they also turned off on the vault on the iMac.

That doesn't sound right, the setting doesn't sync between devices so turning it off on one device shouldn't affect the other. If you toggle the "Show app and website icons" setting on your iPhone again then do you see the setting change in 1Password on your Mac?

Can you also clarify what you mean when you say that "I was not able to turn off the Rich Icons on the iMac 1P vault"? Did you try the steps that I listed earlier?

I only use the 1P Vault on my iMac - not the Safari 1P extension (though I do keep it up to date), What I do is copy and paste from the vault to enter credentials. I thought that was best practice - perhaps I am incorrect. Would you share the pros and cons, security wise, for using or not using the 1P Safari extension vs the 1P Vault on a Mac?

By "1P Vault" do you mean the desktop app? If you do then I would also recommend installing 1Password in the browser. Copying and pasting isn't as secure as using 1Password in the browser to fill your logins since copying credentials puts them into your Mac's system clipboard, and many different applications have access to the clipboard.

1Password in the browser has some great features too:

  • Automatically see suggestions for available logins right on page.
  • Receive suggestions for strong and secure passwords when signing up websites.
  • Be protected from phishing since 1Password will only fill a login into the real website, not a website masquerading as the real website.
  • Save and fill all sorts of information including: 2FA one-time passwords, credit cards, masked email aliases, and more.

You can read more about 1Password in the browser here: Get to know 1Password in your browser

1Password for Safari can be installed from the Mac App Store: ‎1Password for Safari on the Mac App Store

-Dave