Does the Mac Beta 8 support local vaults

danco makes some great points. Also, in general, syncing is one of the hardest things to get right and it gets much more difficult when syncing using generic apis. So difficult in fact that we never got things the way we wanted after over a decade of trying. In our new sync protocol there's several techniques we use that rely on the server to do things in a specific way in order to get the performance and reliability guarantees we need.

I understand that it feels completely reasonable to believe we could just copy over the existing code and make a few tweaks here and there to fit into our new architecture, but in reality it is incredibly difficult to do in practice. And it's not just development. Adding this complexity takes a toll on the UX for users and greatly complicates support. We have a lot of awesome people here who are happy to help but we've all moved on to 1Password accounts. One of the things that has made 1Password great over the years is we actively use our own app. Doing so makes things nicer for everyone as we're able to provide thorough help and know first hand how to make things better. With all our team switched over, including those who originally wanted to keep their local vaults, it was time to move on.

While 1Password accounts and their server-based vaults are the way forward, as roustem mentioned above, we are considering self-hosting of our 1Password service that would unlock these use cases while continuing to get the benefits of 1Password.com. For example, one option would be to self-host on a server within your local network, or run it directly on your main machine, or on your own cloud instance. Of course there's gotchas like backups and upgrades that you'd need to consider, but it would provide incredible flexibility. If this is something you're interested in, please take the survey to help us better gauge demand so we can prioritize this appropriately.

Take care,

++dave;
1Password Founder