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Mark_Sealey
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4 years ago

Changes in 1Password 8

1P 8 I've read what I hope are scare stories that the next major upgrade to 1Password (8?) will not support retention of local data; and will be electron-based. I've been a loyal customer almos...
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1P_Ben
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4 years ago

Mark_Sealey

Sorry, no, that isn't what I mean at all. Desktop and mobile apps continue to be an imporant component in the 1Password experience. What isn't going to exist going forward is vaults that live exclusively on your computer (a "standalone" vault). If you do not have a vault called "Primary" in 1Password 7, this does not affect you. You'll be able to use the 1Password 8 apps just fine out of the box without doing any sort of migration. If you do have a vault called "Primary" then you'll still be able to use 1Password 8, but there would be a migration that would need to be done first;

Migrate your existing 1Password data from standalone vaults to a 1Password account

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