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4 years ago1Password 8 doesnt use same password as 7?
I loaded up 8 Beta, and since the app is running in the bar side by side I can launch both. 1Pass 7 log in password works but doesnt work in 8. I'm sure I'm using the correct password as I looking at...
1P_Ben
1Password Team
4 years agoHi @ExC0nd2
1Password 8 may indeed unlock a little differently than 1Password 7, depending on your configuration. With 1Password 7 the way unlocking 1Password works is:
- If a Primary vault exists 1Password will always unlock using the Master Password for that vault. This supersedes all of the following rules.
- If a single 1Password.com account is logged in then 1Password will unlock using the Master Password for that account.
- If multiple 1Password.com accounts are logged in then 1Password will unlock using the Master Password of the first account that was added.
With 1Password 8, the account password for each signed-in account is needed to unlock that account. I'd describe the way 1Password 7 worked as the app unlocking. With 1Password 8 it is each account that unlocks, rather than the app as a whole. As such you'd use the same account password to unlock your account in 1Password 8 as you use with our web app at https://my.1password.com/. A few questions that may help us sort this out:
- In 1Password 7 do you see a vault named "Primary"?
- Have you already signed into your account in 1Password 8, and now you're trying to unlock, or are you signing in for the first time?
- Are you able to access your account using the https://my.1password.com web app?
Please let me know. Thank you!
Ben