Native Password AutoFill Extension macOS

snowy

Thank you for posting the Support ID. My colleague sent you an email asking for more information a few days ago, please reply to him there when you can. 🙂

ianto

Thank you for the feedback.

@elija6266

Thanks for writing in, could you clarify the issue that you're referring to? Is something not working when you're using 1Password on your Mac?

-Dave

ref: PB-36572512

I think michaelyork summed it up best for me. "Stubborn" is the path you chose XD 1Password is great software, and on the Mac the past year has shown that the Credential Provider API is the best way forward to offer a seamless integration for all things passwords and passkeys on Apple platforms. It may diverge from the path forward you originally carved with the 1Password Universal Autofill hack, but please accept that most people really appreciate Apple native integration. :)

1P_Dave [#ZEF-53339-745] <=that’s open issue you asked about. However it does pertain to the chrome extension.

1P_Dave Using passkeys for Safari Web Apps is one big example, and it's frustrating me too. The browser extension is also plagued with connection reliability issues (at least with Safari) and has been for some time. I don't know why 1Password has been so stubborn to adopt the great API built into macOS as they already have adopted on iOS.

snowy

I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the passkey experience on iOS. 😊

However, how are passkeys suppose to work with native apps without the native autofill on macOS?

For now, you would continue to use your username and password to log in or use the app's fallback login method. Do you have any examples of Mac apps that you use that support passkeys? I would be happy to pass those examples along to the team.

-Dave

1P_Dave so one other thing about the native autofill. I ask cause I started setting up passkeys in 1Password on iOS, which is seamless, effortless, and great.

However, how are passkeys suppose to work with native apps without the native autofill on macOS?

I noticed another post about web app feature in Sonoma. (https://1password.community/discussion/142939/using-1password-with-safari-save-to-dock-apps#latest)

snowy

Thanks for the reply. The team would be happy to help resolve the issues that you're running into with 1Password in the browser. Do you have a support ticket open via email? Once you've responded to it please post the support ID here. It'll look something like this: [#ABC-12345-678]. I'll be able to locate your ticket, confirm that it's with the right team, and make sure you receive a reply as soon as possible. 🙂

-Dave

Unfortunately, I have had mixed experience with the browser extension on both Safari and Chrome. I have an open ticket I need follow up on with Chrome and the extension. I use it on both regularly. So I am just not willing to ask my wife to use it if I can't say it works 95%+ without issues. Those features we don't have currently have a need for.

Where as the native autofill effectively always works and works on iOS without any issues to speak of. And it is simple to use. The only one issue with autofill was because I flipped from 1Password 7 to 8 and wasn't getting autofill suggestions.

snowy

Thanks for the reply. You wrote that your wife was considering moving exclusively to 1Password so that I wanted to know more about the exact scenario there. I appreciate the explanation.

But on macOS she doesn’t want to use browser extension. And understandable she says “why can’t I just autofill like I do iOS?”.

Has she already tried 1Password in the browser herself? It's really an amazing experience on the Mac powered by 1Password's own filling brain. And there are features available with 1Password in the browser that aren't available with AutoFill:

• Use 1Password to sign in to sites with supported providers
• Use 1Password to create and manage Masked Emails in Fastmail
• Filling and saving of addresses and identities in 1Password
• Filling and saving of credit cards in 1Password
• Convenient item search right from your browser's toolbar
• Watchtower in the browser

-Dave

Let me clarify she uses both. And we use a shared vault on 1Password. However she will use native autofill for both 1p and Keychain on iOS cause they are both inline. Basicly no overhead. But on macOS she doesn’t want to use browser extension. And understandable she says “why can’t I just autofill like I do iOS?”. I agree. And if with Sonoma shared passwords I can figure which ones I still need to move for her.