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How did 1Password automatically know my account on a new Mac?
Hello,
I'm curious about something I encountered recently...
I was setting up a new Mac. I had not transferred any of my data over, but I did sign in to my Apple ID. Upon installing and opening...
Hi Swerve. When signing into iCloud on a new Mac, Apple automatically toggles most iCloud services, including iCloud Keychain, to the on position. Syncing occurs immediately thereafter, and the user is forced to wait a moment until the iCloud service toggles can be manually controlled. Even after disabling iCloud Keychain, synced entries can and often do remain on the system.
At some point in the past, likely after an upgrade, iCloud Keychain was enabled on one of your Mac devices and the entries you're seeing for Agilebits were synced to the cloud. After installing 1Password on your new Mac, 1Password referenced the entries that were present in iCloud to assist in setting up your new device.
