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astandre
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2 years ago

Setting up 1Password on a MAC Pro

I have successfully set up 1Password on my PC, 2 iPhones and 2 iPads. I'm having tremendous difficulty in setting up 1 PASSWORD on my MACPro. It seems successful after setting up extensions in Safa...
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

astandre

Thanks for the reply and for those screenshots. Keychain is used by your Mac to store various credentials and tokens that different apps, including 1Password, use. The Keychain allows your Mac to remember your logins so that you don't need to login to various apps each time that you use them.

The prompts that you're seeing seem to indicate that Keychain is locked and that your Mac password is required to unlock it so that apps like 1Password can use it. Can you restart your Mac again and see if those prompts come up again? If they do then try these steps:

  1. Launch the "Keychain Access" utility that comes with macOS. If you see a prompt asking you to manage your passwords in System Settings, click “Open Keychain Access”.
  2. In the left-hand sidebar, right-click on login.
  3. Click "Change settings for keychain 'login'".
  4. Make sure both options here are unchecked.
  5. Click Save.

Then restart your Mac again and let me know if the prompts appear again.

-Dave