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"1Password Installer would like to access data from other apps"
Hi there,
I was about to update/install 1Password app on my Apple laptop. A security alert popped up during the download & installation, asking if I wanted to allow 1Password to access data from other apps. I have 3 questions, before going ahead with the installation:
What data is it accessing, if I do click "allow"?
Is it a security risk in any way?
If I don't allow it access to other app data, what effect does it have on my normal use of 1Password?
Thank you.
5 Replies
- 1P_SimonH
Community Manager
Hi Bree,
Thanks for being cautious about this and reporting the issue. Could I ask if you were doing a fresh install or an update of 1Password and, in either case, which version?
We had a thread about this come up recently that had similar questions to what you're asking:
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.
I hope this helps and I will update you as the investigation continues.
ref: 36084Very informative, thank you, Simon! No, It wasn’t a fresh install, I was updating on a Macbook running OS 15.6 Reassured I’m not causing any trouble either way, be it Allow or Deny!
