macOS Application/Extension Clarification (& possible Quick Access bug)

Hello bspachman! 👋

Thank you for the questions! I'm excited to hear that you're migrating to 1Password 8, I'll respond to your questions below:

It looks like 1P Mini (the menu bar app) is dead, right? Is there any compelling reason to keep the 1P menubar item in the menu bar?

I recommend that you leave the menu bar icon turned on since it allows 1Password to continue running in the background so that you have access to features like Quick Access, Universal AutoFill, and integration to the browser extension even if 1Password's main window is closed.

Confirming that in order to use the old standard CMD-\ for autofilling passwords in various browsers (I rotate between Safari, Brave, Orion, and Arc) that the proper extension still needs to be installed on each browser? The main app doesn't really have anything to do with this, right?

Installing 1Password into each browser will give you the best experience when it comes to saving and filling both passwords and passkeys in each browser. You can find the modern extension here: Get 1Password for your browser

However, you can also fill passwords into browsers (and other Mac apps) that don't have the extension installed by using 1Password's Universal Autofill feature: Use Universal Autofill in apps and browsers on your Mac

Confirming that at least the Safari macOS extension gets installed in my 'Applications' folder?

Yes, 1Password for Safari is a modern Safari Web Extension and you'll see it in your Applications folder after installing it.

If the 1P application window isn't open, then the command simply opens 1P and puts the focus in the search bar.

I'm sorry that you're running into an issue where the correct item isn't opening from Quick Access. Our developers are aware of the issue and are investigating, I've added your report to the internal work item open for the issue.

Let me know if you have any other questions. 🙂

-Dave

ref: dev/core/core#24165