Big decision: 1P 8

@xmarcelo

and there's still no answer regarding a timeline for having 1password 8 in the Mac app store

Correct; there is no final answer here. It is something we're keeping the door open to, but there are no definite plans. Right now our focus is on delivering 1Password 8 through our website. I apologize that's not a satisfying answer, but I'm afraid asking every day and in every thread will not change that. Any news that develops on this front will be sent to a Mac App Store specific mailing list we've established, here.

and also agile bits provides the numbers I've been asking (memory, swap and cpu usage while using 1password and while just "sleeping" from a typical relatively recent 8GB intel and 8GB M1 Mac).

I don't have or know anyone who has a recent model Intel Mac with only 8GB of RAM, so I don't know that we'll be able to provide that. Here are some screenshots from Activity Monitor on my M1 Mac Mini w/ 8GB of RAM, in case that helps.

1Password window open but on the lock screen (i.e. not in use):

Here the window is closed, but the app remains locked, running in the background:

Main window open, app unlocked, editing a relatively small Secure Note:

Main window open, app unlocked, editing a huge Secure Note (the book Pride and Prejudice):

For all of these... I took them while composing this post. So, my primary web browser (Brave) was open, and the 1Password browser extension was loaded on about 18 tabs. I have 5,301 items saved in 1Password, many of which are quite large.

Side note: Activity Monitor resource usage while performing these tests:

I'm not sure this is incredibly valuable information. I'd say the important thing is that 1Password feels responsive and the system isn't less responsive because of it. By most traditional thought processes around memory etc this Mac Mini would be incredibly underpowered for what I'm doing with it. I'm running two 3440x1440 ultrawide monitors (one via Thunderbolt and one via HDMI), 1Password, Brave with 2 windows each with ~9 tabs, Activity Monitor, Slack, Messages, Calendar, Simplenote, Zoom, Twitter, Podcasts, BBEdit, and Things. Alfred, VLC, CleanShot, and Tresorit are all running in the background. I don't have any stutters, sluggishness, or other symptoms of things performing poorly. Even if I open 1Password, use the mouse wheel, and scroll it as fast as I can across my 5,000+ items, everything is smooth. That's my experience. I hope that helps!

Ben