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

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

Dave, I do have some follow-up questions.

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. Thank you for the above resources and info. I have a follow-up question:

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?

Sounds good! Let me know if you have any other questions once you've taken a look. 🙂

-Dave

Thank you Dave for the timely response and information.

I'll check it out!

Hello 9AmberMoog! 👋

Thanks for the question! I personally always leave rich icons on since it makes the 1Password user experience a lot more aesthetically pleasing and I'm confident that the feature is secure. However there is a small privacy risk with rich icons that you can read about here:

• About rich icons and your privacy

If you'd like to turn off rich icons then you can follow these steps:

1. Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
2. Click on 1Password next to the  in the menu bar.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Privacy.
5. Turn off "Show app and website icons".

I hope that helps! 🙂

-Dave