Native Password AutoFill Extension macOS

I just read the post Native Password AutoFill Extension macOS.  The post by 1P_Dave 1 month ago seems like something I will look into.  The older posts of that topic (ranging back several years) seem to contribute a whole bunch of noise so I have some reading to do before I jump in.

Thanks for getting me pointed at possible solutions!

I did install the nightly update as recommended by 1P_Dave​ .  I see no real difference in the 1Password settings that I need to enable to use the "Native Autofill" so I am guessing I do have it enabled.  The discussions I've read in the community seem to avoid the topic of using 1Password to log into 3rd party apps using passkeys.

Hi Dave!

Thanks! I'm using 1Password Beta and seeing in MacOS: Settings --> Autofill & Passwords --> Autofill from: 1Password as an option to select, and not just Passwords (by Apple). I don't see in MacOS with the Beta the ability to "Set up Codes in" 1Password, as interestingly the field to allow that is able to be toggled, 1Password is not an option. I have seen mention of other password managers become options under this toggle. Is this being explored too?

Here's a Reddit thread on this: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1kws2px/is_there_a_way_to_set_1password_as_the_set_up/

Thanks craski​ I can confirm it is working. Can't tell you how much better this native integration works than the 1Password extension. I can't believe it has taken this long to get this feature into testing but I really am glad you've brought it to us.

I am not sure if you're able to / in a place to share - but if you're not and one of your colleagues is I'd really appreciate it - but can you give a bit of an oversight as to why you guys have been really reticent / slow to implement native auto fill in macOS (I mean there are threads going back 3 years asking for it)? I mean I get you may have differing views on its advantages and disadvantages but I think one thing we can all agree on is the way that Safari implements browser extension technologies is far from perfect and that has obviously led to a litany of issues with the 1Password Safari extension for years and years now. Native auto fill has been the obvious solution for such a long time and I am really puzzled as to why it has been such a low priority? I mean the Safari Extension has improved but it has never been 'good' and given you support native auto fill on iOS it just seems so bizarre about the delay in giving it to us on macOS. 

This is even more puzzling when you look at the fact that 1Password started as a 'Mac First' App and in years gone past were always quick to jump on / adopt new Apple APIs, features etc.

On another note...

Is Universal Auto Fill (e.g. Command \) known to not work? Tried using it in a few places and it won't fill passwords (e.g. a System Prompt asking for my Mac Password)?

Hi, I replied in the thread mentioned in post above.  A recent internal change did break the mac native autofill integration in NIGHTLY and there is work ongoing to restore it, apologies if it caused any inconvenience

Hi, I have been out of office for the past week so apologies for the delay in reply, some recent internal changes have broken the native macOS autofill extension integration on NIGHTLY.  There is work ongoing to fix that so I'm hoping we can get that back working again very soon.

I installed the nightly version of 1Password and set it as the auto-fill provider in the system settings, but the popup under the password field in Safari cannot display the fill prompt correctly; it only shows "1Password." When you click it, a reminder pops up asking you to disable auto-fill and use the browser extension instead. Is this because the current native auto-fill implementation cannot properly associate the websites opened in Safari with the login items saved in 1Password?

I just tired a passkey and 2FA code with Amazon, which is the site where it didn't work yesterday. My first attempt today also didn't work. I then clicked the 1Password icon on my Mac's top toolbar and authenticated with my fingerprint. Then everything worked, including 2FA. A few observations. First, having to click/select a login option only once rather than twice is much preferred. Having the password autofill after selecting a login would be great (not sure if that's doable). From using Apple Passwords with native autofill for the past several months, I never have to open Apple Passwords before autofilling a password, nor do I have to have it open at login. I do have to authenticate with Touch ID for each autofill event. I'm not certain how these things operate with 3rd party managers. It would be nice to not have to open 1Password in order for autofill to work, but to have the app as an option for searching/managing/adding to my vault. 

Thanks!