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Former Member
2 years ago

MacOS/Brave: Beta browser extension does not connect to Desktop App (Beta or otherwise)

Hi Team, My browser extension does not want to connect to the 1Password App, forcing me to unlock it manually with the password. In the service worker console (DevTools) I see: * INFO: Rece...
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Former Member
2 years ago

I have compared my installation between my old and new laptops (as the 1P Beta extension works on my old laptop). The only difference is that Brave is installed in /Applications instead of $HOME/Applications. Moving Brave to /Applications restores the communication between the extension and the desktop app.

Is this something 1Password could add support for, i.e. placing Brave in $HOME/Applications? (Keeping my user applications separate from globally installed applications is important; MacOS still supports this in every way. It's not something I made up). If so, where is the best place I could submit a request?