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August 11, 2021
Question

Where is 1Password "mini" in MacOS upper bar

  • August 11, 2021
  • 14 replies
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In past when I clicked on 1Password7 icon in MacOS bar on top of the screen I could browse the items and use them. But now it just says "open 1password" , Open Quick Access, Lock and Quit. Is this a missing feature with the mini, a bug or where did it go?

14 replies

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
August 11, 2021

Hello @telephoneman2! 👋

Thanks for participating in the Early Access for 1Password 8! 😊Quick Access is a fast and easy way to access your items using 1Password 8 and it works in a similar way to how 1Password mini did in 1Password 7 with a few improvements.

Rather than using the icon in the menu bar you can open Quick Access by using the keyboard shortcut Shift Command Spacebar to search for an item from any app.

August 11, 2021

Unterstand but why don't you open Quick access instead of that "boring" (sorry ^^) menu?

August 11, 2021

@1P_Dave I didnt mean it bad. Dont get me wrong, but its a bit disappointing as i clicked often to open the Mini before and now just to see that. I think I like the quick access, well dine - but reducing the 1password icon down just to that is a bit "disappointing" :D But op to you. will get used to it 😊

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
August 11, 2021

Thanks for the reply @telephoneman2. I agree that the menubar icon is a little underwhelming at the moment and having the menubar open Quick Access directly when you left-click on the icon is an interesting possibility that I would love to see.

I've shared your feedback internally with the team. :)

ref: /dev/projects/customer-feature-requests/#455

August 12, 2021

I do like the new search feature but I would still like the "mini" feature that emulated what you get on the browser extension when you click the menubar icon. I'm not following the logic of removing it. As it stands now, the menubar icon is pointless and only serves to quit the program.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
August 12, 2021

Thank you for your feedback about the early access version of 1Password 8 @blcarson. I've forwarded it to our development team. :)

ref: /dev/projects/customer-feature-requests/#455

August 13, 2021

@1P_Dave +1 for the proposed menubar-opening-quick-access behavior; that sounds "close enough" the classic 1P7 workflow that we're all used to for it to be tolerable.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
August 15, 2021

@StevenBedrick I've forwarded your feedback to our developers as well. Thanks! :)

sameerchavan
August 15, 2021

The mini is destroyed and a fake icon to open search or launch the app is implemented. I have never seen a menu app that has a pointer to other actions. You click the icons and there are 2 links inside them. Am I missing something?

1P_Blake
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 19, 2021

@sameerchavan

Clicking the menubar icon should open up Quick Access for you, as shown below. Are you not seeing the same behavior?