Early access and Alfred / Spotlight / LaunchBar (3rd party search integration)

I think both are important of course but in the case of Alfred integration, what is the security issue and was it present in 1PW 7 and earlier? If the security issue is more theoretical than real, I'd prefer ease of use.

I’m happy to keep it secure. I’m just thinking that the initial setup in Alfred was not a pleasant experience. To their credit, they just rolled-out the workflow and actively worked on correcting the issues.
I’m sure the workflow will get better over timed this will be a thing of the past.

Corentin

dtoub cortig I'm curious if having a more secure product is valuable to you relative to the hassle of getting it set up? IOW, would you be willing to accept the trade off of an easier-to-activate experience for a less secure approach?

Maybe 1P_Ben can speak to some of the trade-offs that lead to the current design and how they made the decision to err on the side on better security.

Of course the preference is to be both more secure and easier to use, but these tensions are not always reconcilable.

I’m glad it’s finally working for you too.
And I agree, it shouldn’t be so hard…

Thanks Corentin! That made all the difference. I also installed the updated 1PW command line tools and all is now good.

Still, would be nice if at some point this could be nothing other than a checkbox in Alfred preferences as it was with earlier versions. I just suspect this might be more hassle for some folks than it's worth.

For me, I could trigger the setup again through the :1pextras shorthand in Alfred.

Corentin

Understood. Is there a way to get back to baseline so I get the prompt to link a user account? Deleting and reinstalling the workflow does not do that.

I had some similar struggles at first. The two issues I had:

1. There was an update for Alfred available that I had to manually check for and install — I wasn't prompted to update as I usually am
2. I had a custom terminal set up in Alfred's preferences for a terminal app I no longer use (and did not have installed)

After resolving both of those things, it has been smooth sailing.

Ben

To be fair dtoub, that’s more of an Alfred issue than a 1Password issue.
I’ve struggled with it a bit myself as well, but eventually got it to work. Same as you, at the beginning, the 1p shorthand wasn’t doing anything (no idea why — I occasionally have this issue with Alfred with different workflows).
Instead, I used the alternate shorthand for the advanced options: :1pextras
And then I selected the option to Add an account. The Workflow then opened up the Terminal and proceeded adding my account from there.
Not ideal, but it worked. After that, the standard 1p shorthand started working like a charm.

Corentin

I give up. I installed the workflow, could not get it to configure, and despite deleting and reinstalling, I cannot get anything to happen if I type 1p in Alfred other than to have google search for 1p or whatever I follow 1p with. This is not something most people are going to be able to install comfortably, and I'm clearly not doing it correctly despite being pretty tech savvy. I'm abandoning any idea that 1PW 8 can integrate with Alfred, despite the claim in the Alfred update that it does. Not sure if the issue is with Alfred or 1PW but I'm not wasting any more of my time with this dreck. Either it works the way it did in 1PW 7 and earlier, which was seamless, or it is not possible. And anyway, to have to type 1p followed by the specific item in 1PW I want to open is not what I think will work for me anyway.

I've resolved to use 1PW 8 over these many months despite many many shortcomings, and despite my initial optimism, have grown just as frustrated as many of the original disgruntled posters from the summer. They were quite correct. I hate to think how much work it will be for me to support others in my household if they ever have to ditch 1PW 7 and move to 8 because 1PW 7 stops working with a future macOS update or whatever.

Or are there plans to have a better solution in place than this command line process that, at least for me, isn't working? I've used Unix for years yet I cannot for the life of me get 1PW to integrate with Alfred.