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MacOS: “1Password” would like to access data from other apps?

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March 4, 2025
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Hoping to understand what this permission is for. Thanks.

macOS

Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello folks,

I wanted to provide an update: macOS apps can contain several different components and a recent change to macOS resulted in all of an app's components being required to be manually added to an app's entitlement manifest rather than being automatically included so that those components can access 1Password's Group Containers folder.

If a 1Password app component (such as the updater) isn't in the manifest then you'll see a prompt asking you to give 1Password access to data from other apps. Our developers have previously resolved this issue by adding the updater to 1Password's entitlement manifest but it looks like other components may still need to be added and the team will investigate this further.

For the time being, you can click "Deny" when prompted without running into issues. If you clicked "Allow" in the prompt, 1Password was not granted access to data from any other apps and there's no other action that you need to take at this time. That being said, if you'd like to revoke this permission you can uninstall and reinstall 1Password and then click "Deny" if you see the prompt again in the future.

-Dave

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user471

I saw the same dialogue, even though I didn’t install any update. I’d like to know where it’s coming from and what it actually means.

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richardk

Same here. What kind of data does 1Password want to access, for what reason, and why now?

I guess people who actively choose to use a password manager tend to be more paranoid (or realistic) then the general public, and you can't drop this on us without context.

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user471

The dialog doesn’t actually come from 1Password, but from macOS itself. 1Password requires various permissions from macOS in order to use all its features. It just seems a bit odd that this dialog suddenly appears, even though neither macOS nor 1Password has been updated.

I also went through all of macOS’ privacy settings and couldn’t find anything related to this under “Files and Folders” or “Full Disk Access.”

I would simply like to know which privacy and access permissions 1Password actually requires – and which ones it doesn’t.

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logicbox

+1 on this topic. fwiw I declined the request and 1P appears to be functioning. I don't use the dev tools though.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Hello folks,

I'm sorry that you ran into an unexpected prompt. I've run into the same prompt myself when updating from 8.10.62 to 8.10.64 and I've flagged this internally. A recent change to how Apple enforces permission restrictions for the Group Container folder, where the 1Password updater stores log files, resulted in a similar issue that was resolved earlier this year and it sounds like there might have been a regression somewhere recently.

An issue has been filed with our development team to investigate this further. I'll update this thread as soon as I have more news to share. For the time being, you can click on either "Allow" or "Don't Allow" and it won't cause any issues.

-Dave

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dragon1

Hi Dave,

any update here?

fathershawn

Thank you @1P_Dave - this shouldn't be marked "solved" though until you have shared that information

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Marking a post as a solution to a thread doesn't mean that the issue/request itself is solved or closed. It's a way to highlight the most up-to-date answer for anyone who stumbles onto the thread in the future.

-Dave

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dragon1

You should rewrite the software and introduce another topic. It definitively is 'not' the solution.

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DCIFRTHS

Same here. Jarring to say the least...

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klepp0906

Just got this now, i accepted as I was unsure what the ramifications were if I denied but as previously mentioned, its not ideal. If this was in fact unintended should it be disabled aka permissions revoked from within macos or?

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Serg

Hi,

@1P_Davebesides the issue being filed, meanwhile, should we grant the permission?

Thanks

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@Serg

Thanks for the question. You can deny the permission without running into any issues.

-Dave

1P_DaveAnswer

1Password Employee

Hello folks,

I wanted to provide an update: macOS apps can contain several different components and a recent change to macOS resulted in all of an app's components being required to be manually added to an app's entitlement manifest rather than being automatically included so that those components can access 1Password's Group Containers folder.

If a 1Password app component (such as the updater) isn't in the manifest then you'll see a prompt asking you to give 1Password access to data from other apps. Our developers have previously resolved this issue by adding the updater to 1Password's entitlement manifest but it looks like other components may still need to be added and the team will investigate this further.

For the time being, you can click "Deny" when prompted without running into issues. If you clicked "Allow" in the prompt, 1Password was not granted access to data from any other apps and there's no other action that you need to take at this time. That being said, if you'd like to revoke this permission you can uninstall and reinstall 1Password and then click "Deny" if you see the prompt again in the future.

-Dave

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