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May 19, 2022
Question

1Password 8 keeps stealing focus on Mac

  • May 19, 2022
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Ever since 1Password 8 came out of beta, every update causes the app to start randomly stealing focus. For example, if I'm working one window and then click into Chrome, 1Password will pop up on top. It's very disruptive and distracting. Quitting the app does not fix it, as I will still see 1Password stealing focus, there is just no window. It seems to usually be fixed by Force Quitting 1Password, but the next time it updates it starts happening again.

I also noticed that even though I changed 1Password to use the Production update channel several updates ago, it still says I'm on BETA (80800094).


1Password Version: 8.8.0
Extension Version: 2.3.4
OS Version: macOS 12.3.1 (Silicon)

92 replies

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
June 8, 2022

That's great, @bkonicek87 - and thank you for letting us know! We'll be here to take on board any additional information, whatever may happen.

July 18, 2022

I have such problem every single time after the restart of my Mac.
I'm using 80800197, and it's very annoying. See the screencast here https://share.cleanshot.com/3vNIVO - I'm working in Chrome and 1Password stealing focus every few seconds.

August 23, 2022

I am also seeing this issue. Very annoying.

Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
August 26, 2022

Hi @tgage:

Did the steps my colleague Alex shared help improve your state of play? Let me know.

Jack

August 26, 2022

Still not loving version 8. How can I set a default vault for new entries? V8 seems like a step backwards and w/ mandatory subscription..

August 31, 2022

Is this problem going to be fixed in a v7 update? Or do we have to go to a beta release (8) to get the critical bug fixed?

September 12, 2022

Does not seem to be fixed as of 80904044, on PRODUCTION channel on 20220912

September 19, 2022

I think this issue belongs in this thread. I had an almost identical issue a couple of weeks ago and solved it using the method detailed earlier in this thread. Now, the problem seems to be back with 80906011, on BETA channel.

I think the best way to describe this is to start by saying I cannot quit the 1Password app unless I open an application window. After quitting, the app is open again shortly thereafter. No app window is open, I just find that switching into Safari from another app now makes the 1Password menu bar active in place of Safari even though my last action was to quit 1Password.

I hope you can sort out this app. For years, I would tell people they needed to get on board this train. Now, I would not tell anyone to use this app. A new user experiencing this type of performance would be disappointed, and I would expect them to doubt my ability to evaluate a piece of software.

October 3, 2022

Same issue on a Mac, same intense frustration! Is there an updated solution or should we follow the previous guidance which is to uninstall 1P and re-install again?

October 3, 2022

Just chiming in to say I uninstalled the beta and re-installed the prod release of v8 a few months back and haven't had this issue since then.