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Call me ignorant but what are some of the features in 1password that Keychain doesn't offer?

rufo 17y ago
I was rather skeptical of 1Password as well, but wound up checking it out after receiving it as part of a MacHeist bundle. It's since easily become my favorite Mac utility (tied with LaunchBar). A few notable features, rambled off in no particular order: - great integration into (nearly) every Mac browser (Firefox in particular does not use the Mac keychain; Opera and Chrome are the two exceptions, and they're working on both as soon as extension support is available) - built-in cross-platform HTML/JS password viewer (for instance, keep your 1Password keychain file on Dropbox and pop open the viewer on Windows to pull up a password; it uses AES for encryption and a JSON-based data store in a standard OS X package/folder) - better in-browser password management (save after your login is confirmed, save multiple logins, replace a login) - in-browser password generation (it also has options even beyond the Keychain utility's excellent generator) - slick GUI app for managing passwords, secure notes, serial numbers, etc. (Keychain Access is a bit... odd in how it displays Web logins) - cross-browser and well-implemented auto-fill (it supports credit-card auto-fill as well, which is encrypted just like everything else) - go-and-fill one-click site login (sort of like launchbar/quicksilver, but inside Safari for accounts and websites) - syncs to iPhone app over local Wi-Fi - Very prompt updates and support (beta releases every few days, usually a same-day turnaround if a Safari/OS X update breaks something... the way they handled Snow Leopard's early release was rather brilliant also) Even though I got it for dirt-cheap, I feel it would be easily worth the full purchase price, and had no qualms about upgrading to 3.0.
- swombat 17y ago
  This build supports the LastPass password manager. It works well enough. I've been a 1Password user for a year as well, and am totally dependent on having a password manager... Last time I tried LastPass for Mac-Chrome it didn't work. Worth noting that I sent an email to the 1Password developers and they told me they had no interest/plans in building support for Chrome on the Mac at this point.
  - rufo 17y ago
    Last I heard, they were waiting for extension support in mainstream Mac Chrome betas: http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/chrome-support-is-coming-but-waiting-on-google.html http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/chrome-support-is-comin... EDIT: They also have a workaround using a bookmarklet you can use right now: http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/tip-one-way-to-get-1password-3-in-google-chrome-now-opera-too.html http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/tip-one-way-to-get-1pas...

rufo 17y ago

I was rather skeptical of 1Password as well, but wound up checking it out after receiving it as part of a MacHeist bundle. It's since easily become my favorite Mac utility (tied with LaunchBar). A few notable features, rambled off in no particular order: - great integration into (nearly) every Mac browser (Firefox in particular does not use the Mac keychain; Opera and Chrome are the two exceptions, and they're working on both as soon as extension support is available) - built-in cross-platform HTML/JS password viewer (for instance, keep your 1Password keychain file on Dropbox and pop open the viewer on Windows to pull up a password; it uses AES for encryption and a JSON-based data store in a standard OS X package/folder) - better in-browser password management (save after your login is confirmed, save multiple logins, replace a login) - in-browser password generation (it also has options even beyond the Keychain utility's excellent generator) - slick GUI app for managing passwords, secure notes, serial numbers, etc. (Keychain Access is a bit... odd in how it displays Web logins) - cross-browser and well-implemented auto-fill (it supports credit-card auto-fill as well, which is encrypted just like everything else) - go-and-fill one-click site login (sort of like launchbar/quicksilver, but inside Safari for accounts and websites) - syncs to iPhone app over local Wi-Fi - Very prompt updates and support (beta releases every few days, usually a same-day turnaround if a Safari/OS X update breaks something... the way they handled Snow Leopard's early release was rather brilliant also) Even though I got it for dirt-cheap, I feel it would be easily worth the full purchase price, and had no qualms about upgrading to 3.0.

swombat 17y ago
This build supports the LastPass password manager. It works well enough. I've been a 1Password user for a year as well, and am totally dependent on having a password manager... Last time I tried LastPass for Mac-Chrome it didn't work. Worth noting that I sent an email to the 1Password developers and they told me they had no interest/plans in building support for Chrome on the Mac at this point.
- rufo 17y ago
  Last I heard, they were waiting for extension support in mainstream Mac Chrome betas: http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/chrome-support-is-coming-but-waiting-on-google.html http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/chrome-support-is-comin... EDIT: They also have a workaround using a bookmarklet you can use right now: http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/tip-one-way-to-get-1password-3-in-google-chrome-now-opera-too.html http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/12/tip-one-way-to-get-1pas...