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March 15, 2022
Question

Why does 1Password no longer stay in the background on my Mac?

  • March 15, 2022
  • 3 replies
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Running 1Password v7.9.3 and 1Password keeps jumping to the active application, even while I'm in the middle of doing something in another application. What can I do to address this annoyance?


1Password Version: 7.9.3
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 12.1
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3 replies

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
March 16, 2022

Hello @jfornelli! 👋

I'm sorry to hear that 1Password is focusing itself unexpectedly. Are you using 1Password 7 for Mac along with the new 1Password for Safari web extension instead of the built-in extension included with the 1Password 7 app? If you are then our developers are tracking this issue and hope to include a fix in a future update. In the meantime as a temporary workaround, please disable app integration for 1Password in Safari:

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Click on Safari in the menubar and click Preferences.
  3. Click Extensions.
  4. Make sure that "1Password" (the built-in extension that comes with 1Password 7 for Mac) is disabled and that "1Password for Safari" (the new standalone web extension) is enabled.
  5. Right-click on the 1Password icon in Safari's toolbar and click Settings.
  6. Scroll down and turn off "Integrate with 1Password app".

If you're using 1Password 7 you won't lose any functionality since 1Password for Safari only integrates with 1Password 8 (currently in beta).

Let me know if that helps. 🙂

ref: dev/core/core#13467

March 16, 2022

I ended up rebooting my laptop and the issue hasn't presented again. I went ahead and did as you suggested, though, just in case.

Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
March 16, 2022

Hey @jfornelli:

Glad to hear that did it for now. Be sure to let us know if you run into any trouble in the future!

Jack