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[Maya Malbon]

Iuse 1Password pretty much to keep track of the hundred or so different userid/password combinations and was recently encouraged to install the Windows app as it was supposed to provide additional functionality in version 8. All I see from the Windows App so far is a considerable additional overhead in the Firefox browser. What am I missing?

Nothing, except that the desktop app provides more functionality than the browser extension. If the browser extension is all you need, you're fine. The desktop app helps you to organize your data better. It has tags for customized categories, and the editor is better than the web-based one.

It also has the advantage that you configure it in a way that it shares its unlock with the browser extension, and you can configure the desktop app to conveniently unlock with a pin instead of always having to enter the long master password. So you need to enter your master password only once after every machine reboot, but after that you only need to enter the pin.

I see the browser extension as read-only user of my data, while I see the desktop app as editor and manager of my data.

However, I'm not sure what you mean with "additional overhead" in the Firefox browser.

I likewise think of 1Password in the browser as my "daily driver" - I can do a quick lookup of credentials here, generate a new login, and so on. This is the app that also makes it possible for 1Password to auto-fill passwords into your browser, so I consider it a key piece of software for that reason.

When it comes to more full-featured editing, I much prefer the 1Password desktop app. This is where I do things with Collections, check over Watchtower results, remove any duplicates, erroneous items, or no-longer-valid logins, and work with Secure Notes.

When I need to fill a username / password combination into an app, or pull a login really fast for some other non-browser destination, I use Ctrl + Shift + Space to call up Quick Access.

I'm not sure if this is because I reset my password (begin recovery) and the 1Password desktop app is keeping my old secret key. The only thing that shows up on the desktop app is an input field for my master password. Any ideas?

I too am having the exact same issue after resetting my password (begin recovery). Logging in using the web works fine but even after re-installing 1Password for Windows, logging in using the app is a fail. Looking forward to the resolution.

Thanks.

1Password Version: 6.8

Extension Version: 492

OS Version: Windows

Sync Type: Not Provided

Update:

I tried this and it worked:

1. Uninstall the 1Password desktop application.

2. Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\ and deleted 1Password. (This folder was left behind after uninstalling.)

3. Reinstalled 1Password for Windows application.

4. Open 1Password for Windows. I can now enter the usual items required when installing the app the first time (sign-in address, email address, secret key, master password).

Yeah, haven't tried it yet. I'm trying to get it on all employees computers and a few have had this issue so I'm scheduling them today, tomorrow, and next week. I'll keep this thread updated. Thank you, both!

If you've begun the recovery, you'd still be able to unlock the app with the original master password. However, if you forgot the master password completely and reset it on the web site, then yes, for the moment; you'd need to reset the local database by right-clicking on 1Password icon to select exit and rename the data folder in the %LOCALAPPDATA%\1Password.

We plan to update the app in the future to detect a recovered account and prompt for the new password without having to unlock with the main app's password (assuming the recovery account is the only account in the app as other accounts might be signed in).

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Expected behavior:

Prior to the latest beta update, autofill was working as expected. Now, Quick Access is no longer detecting what site Orion's on, and it also isn't sure if Orion should have access to the fill. When it's overridden, it still can't fill.

Vlad The issue doesn't appear to be that 1password has associated my login credentials with Orion. I've checked and none of my logins has an app association. I can use cmd+\ while in DuckDuckGo browser (which doesn't support extensions of any kind) and the creds fill in fine.

Jimothy Orion RC is not yet in trusted browser list for 1Password's global autofill (as 1Password have a list of bundle identifiers to verify before showing autofill suggestions), as it uses different bundle identifier than Orion beta. So there's no regression ?

The switch went great and everything worked well. Then, about 4 or so weeks ago the Firefox extension for 1Password just stopped working. Clicking on the extension icon did nothing and selecting login fields on webpages no longer showed 1Password suggestions.

When the classic uninstall/re-install advice from 1Password didn't resolve the issue and a few quick searches on Google also proved fruitless, I gave up. This was a minor inconvenience but because the 1Password desktop app was still working fine and I didn't want to waste any more time trying to fix it, I let it be.

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