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1P_Mitch
1Password Employee
June 10, 2025
Question

New in Beta: App Unlock Presets + Unlock with Device for Mac

  • June 10, 2025
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Hey everyone. We’ve got two exciting new features ready for you to preview in 1Password for Mac (Beta release channel). 🎉

🔒 App Unlock Presets
A new Security Review section in the sidebar lets you quickly review and update how and when 1Password locks on your Mac. Choose from a selection of optimized presets: Convenient, Balanced, or Strict, or fine-tune settings to match how you actually use your device.

🖥️ Unlock with Device
When enabled, 1Password will lock when your Mac locks, and unlock when you unlock your Mac. (No extra prompts!) It uses built-in macOS platform security to make your workflow smoother and keep your data safe.

"Unlock with device" is enabled by default in two of the new presets. You can switch presets or adjust individual settings anytime in Settings > Security.

What’s next?
Our goal is to make 1Password work the way you do: less fiddling with settings, fewer interruptions to your workflows, and the same high level of security you expect. So we're going to roll out the new unlock experience to everyone over the course of the summer.

✅ Windows, Android, iOS, and web
✅ Support for Team and Business accounts
✅ Extensive admin controls for team-wide auto-lock settings

👉 We’d love your feedback, especially on Unlock with Device!

To try out the Mac beta: choose Settings > Advanced > Release channel > Beta, and then choose About > Check for Updates.

These features are currently only available in Beta for Individual + Family accounts on Mac (not Business accounts — yet!)

    10 replies

    rctneil
    rctneil
    June 14, 2025

    Ooooh!   This is awesome.  I like the 3 options for convenience => strict.

    Very nice allowing one-click security to full customisation. Covers everyone!

    Will deffo do some testing on all this!

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    fuchsr
    June 15, 2025

    Updated to "81082027, on BETA channel", can't see any of these options. I have a family account. 

    Looking forward to these new options — the current number of password prompts is just silly

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    fuchsr
    June 16, 2025

    Options showed up after a full reboot of the Mac. 

    1P_Dave
    1P_Dave
    1Password Employee
    June 17, 2025

    I'm glad that the feature is working now. 🙂

    -Dave

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    snowy
    June 16, 2025

    1Password for Mac 8.11.0 (81100017) These options don't appear to be present.

      1P_Dave
      1P_Dave
      1Password Employee
      June 17, 2025

      @snowy 

      It sounds like you're using the nightly version, update to the latest version and then try restarting your Mac. If that still doesn't work then are you only using an individual or family account in the desktop app? Or are you using a Business account as well? 

      -Dave

      thedean
      thedean
      June 24, 2025

      I think it would really help to clarify this new feature if you could just post a table with the 3 presets (Most Convenient, Balanced and Strict) and the default value for each preset (Unlock, Unlock with Device and Auto-Lock).  It's just a simple 2 dimensional table, but it would go a long way in improving understanding.  Thanks.

        cyber-bacon
        cyber-bacon
        July 2, 2025

        I agree that this table would be extremely helpful, especially (if) when this capability is rolled out to business and teams accounts.

        VirgilBoy
        VirgilBoy
        August 28, 2025

        Both of my Macs have lost the 🖥️ Unlock with Device beta feature. I see that I am still on the Beta release channel. But...this is my current status below. I have tried the restart of the Mac but no change. This seems to have happened fairly recently.

        1Password for Mac 8.11.8

        81108040, on PRODUCTION channel

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        OAW
        August 28, 2025

        It's gone for me as well on the BETA channel.

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        crimson_cavalry
        September 17, 2025

        I just installed the current BETA today on both an M1 Pro MacBook Pro, and an M4 Pro Mac mini.

        The MBP provided this option as expected. As reported below, had to install the BETA then restart the app as it requests AND also fully quit out of 1Password and re-open to get the option to be present. Tested locking both 1P and the laptop, then unlocking and it worked.

        Repeated the process on the Mac mini, but the option is not present. The "security review" and some other changes to the settings appeared, but no option to 🖥️ Unlock with Device.

        1Password for Mac 8.11.10 (81110034)

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          XianNewman
          September 17, 2025

          It says this will rollout to everyone over the summer, which has 3 days left. Am I better to just wait for the rollout to non-beta users?

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            telUK
            October 4, 2025

            Hello

            Is this unlock feature still in beta?

             

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            alanwill00
            November 5, 2025

            How do I trigger the security review? It worked for a while a couple months or so ago but recently I noticed it's been reset and I'm not aware of how to get that popup again to change the settings and it was really convenient having the "Convenient" setting on

            mhalano
            mhalano
            November 12, 2025

            Any plans to implement this feature on Linux? I already unlock the GNOME Keyring with my login and password on Ubuntu, so it would be nice to unlock 1Password too. Maybe add a credential in the GNOME Keyring and check during the session start up?

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