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snowy
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3 years ago
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Native Password AutoFill Extension macOS

So one of the people in my family subscription for 1P relies heavily on iCloud Keychain. The nice piece about using the native autofill extension is entries from both show up together in-line. This h...
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    1P_Dave
    10 days ago

    Hello folks,

    The macOS AutoFill feature is now being explored in the nightly version of 1Password! If you're using a nightly build, you'll see 1Password appear as an option for macOS AutoFill.

    Since nightly builds are early previews of what we're working on, this feature is still a work in progress and isn't documented. You might notice a few rough edges or areas that aren't fully implemented just yet. Our team is actively refining the experience and working through known issues as we move forward.

    We're excited about where this is headed and will share more updates, and a full announcement, down the line. In the meantime, if you have questions or spot anything unexpected while using the nightly version, we'd love to hear from you!

    -Dave

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Dinesy
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5 months ago

https://1password.com/blog/autofill-on-big-sur is from WWDC 2020... It looks like there was a working demo of native Autofill back then. I get that the accessibility API mostly works most of the time, but one of 1password's biggest strengths used to be its tight integration with macOS, so to see this go unaddressed for more than half a decade is disappointing.

The reason I found my way to this thread is because I just discovered that the accessibility API doesn't seem to work with iPadOS apps running on macOS. Also cmd-\ often just stops working altogether.

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1P_Dave
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5 months ago

Dinesy​ 

Welcome to the community! Our Group Product Manager Travis recently shed some light on our explorations with macOS AutoFill in our Reddit AMA:

We've been taking a heavier look at MacOS autofill in the second half of this year to see if the limitations we encountered previously have been alleviated or if they're still present. Although not perfect and not where we ideally want it to be, integrating with native MacOS autofill is looking promising. If we're able to have our concerns addressed with the API to ensure 1Password customers can seamlessly use MacOS autofill without fear of falling through the cracks, I don't see a reason to not integrate in the near future.

1Password 8 is more tightly integrated with macOS than any previous version with features like Universal Autofill and 1Password for Safari (a modern web extension using the latest Safari extension technology). The team will continue to explore ways to deepen that integration with features like macOS AutoFill.

-Dave

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