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4 years agoApp pollutes Application Support with folders
On install, or update, the Mac app pollutes Application Support with separate folders (ie not under the main 1Password folder) for browsers that are not installed, and I will never install. The folde...
Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
4 years agoHi @jhns:
Great question! The folders / files you're seeing are the native messaging files 1Password uses to communicate with 1Password in the browser. That file tells the browser which application is allowed to communicate with specific extensions installed in the browser. Because the native messaging files are required for 1Password in the browser to connect to the 1Password desktop app, the native messaging files are installed for all supported browsers. If only the currently installed browsers had their native messaging files created, a browser installed after 1Password for Mac was installed would not have the native messaging files, and 1Password in that browser would not be able to communicate with the 1password desktop app.
Jack