Hoping to understand what this permission is for. Thanks.

Hello folks, I wanted to provide an update: macOS apps can contain several different components and a recent change to macOS resulted in all of an app's components being required to be manually added to an app's entitlement manifest rather than being automatically included so that those components can access 1Password's Group Containers folder. If a 1Password app component (such as the updater) isn't in the manifest then you'll see a prompt asking you to give 1Password access to data from other apps. Our developers have previously resolved this issue by adding the updater to 1Password's entitlement manifest but it looks like other components may still need to be added and the team will investigate this further. For the time being, you can click "Deny" when prompted without running into issues. If you clicked "Allow" in the prompt, 1Password was not granted access to data from any other apps and there's no other action that you need to take at this time. That being said, if you'd like to revoke this permission you can uninstall and reinstall 1Password and then click "Deny" if you see the prompt again in the future. -Dave

MacOS: “1Password” would like to access data from other apps?

15 Replies

1P_Dave
Moderator
12 days ago
Hello folks,

I wanted to provide an update: macOS apps can contain several different components and a recent change to macOS resulted in all of an app's components being required to be manually added to an app's entitlement manifest rather than being automatically included so that those components can access 1Password's Group Containers folder.

If a 1Password app component (such as the updater) isn't in the manifest then you'll see a prompt asking you to give 1Password access to data from other apps. Our developers have previously resolved this issue by adding the updater to 1Password's entitlement manifest but it looks like other components may still need to be added and the team will investigate this further.

For the time being, you can click "Deny" when prompted without running into issues. If you clicked "Allow" in the prompt, 1Password was not granted access to data from any other apps and there's no other action that you need to take at this time. That being said, if you'd like to revoke this permission you can uninstall and reinstall 1Password and then click "Deny" if you see the prompt again in the future.

-Dave
Serg
New Contributor
2 months ago
Hi,
1P_Davebesides the issue being filed, meanwhile, should we grant the permission?
Thanks
- 1P_Dave
  Moderator
  12 days ago
  Serg
  
  Thanks for the question. You can deny the permission without running into any issues.
  
  -Dave
klepp0906
Dedicated Contributor
2 months ago
Just got this now, i accepted as I was unsure what the ramifications were if I denied but as previously mentioned, its not ideal. If this was in fact unintended should it be disabled aka permissions revoked from within macos or?
DCIFRTHS
New Contributor
2 months ago
Same here. Jarring to say the least...
fathershawn
New Contributor
2 months ago
Thank you 1P_Dave - this shouldn't be marked "solved" though until you have shared that information
- 1P_Dave
  Moderator
  2 months ago
  Marking a post as a solution to a thread doesn't mean that the issue/request itself is solved or closed. It's a way to highlight the most up-to-date answer for anyone who stumbles onto the thread in the future.
  
  -Dave
  - MikeMinh
    New Contributor
    2 months ago
    Beware, irony ahead: Ah, got it - this is like celebrating a touchdown before crossing the goal line. But hey, as long as it looks like we won, who cares if we actually finished the play?
1P_Dave
Moderator
2 months ago
Hello folks,

I'm sorry that you ran into an unexpected prompt. I've run into the same prompt myself when updating from 8.10.62 to 8.10.64 and I've flagged this internally. A recent change to how Apple enforces permission restrictions for the Group Container folder, where the 1Password updater stores log files, resulted in a similar issue that was resolved earlier this year and it sounds like there might have been a regression somewhere recently.

An issue has been filed with our development team to investigate this further. I'll update this thread as soon as I have more news to share. For the time being, you can click on either "Allow" or "Don't Allow" and it won't cause any issues.

-Dave
- dragon1
  Dedicated Contributor
  2 months ago
  Hi Dave,
  any update here?
logicbox
New Contributor
2 months ago
+1 on this topic. fwiw I declined the request and 1P appears to be functioning. I don't use the dev tools though.
richardk
New Contributor
2 months ago
Same here. What kind of data does 1Password want to access, for what reason, and why now?
I guess people who actively choose to use a password manager tend to be more paranoid (or realistic) then the general public, and you can't drop this on us without context.
- user471
  New Contributor
  2 months ago
  The dialog doesn’t actually come from 1Password, but from macOS itself. 1Password requires various permissions from macOS in order to use all its features. It just seems a bit odd that this dialog suddenly appears, even though neither macOS nor 1Password has been updated.
  I also went through all of macOS’ privacy settings and couldn’t find anything related to this under “Files and Folders” or “Full Disk Access.”
  I would simply like to know which privacy and access permissions 1Password actually requires – and which ones it doesn’t.
user471
New Contributor
2 months ago
I saw the same dialogue, even though I didn’t install any update. I’d like to know where it’s coming from and what it actually means.