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Single 1Password password no longer opens all accounts
I recently upgraded to 1Password 8 on my Mac and have noticed behavior that I don't recall happening on previous versions of 1Password. I currently run 1Password with two connected accounts: one family and one work.
On previous versions of 1Password, I was able to use a single password to unlock 1Password and give me access to both of my accounts (even though each account has a different primary password). In 1Password 8, it seems I can enter either account password and the app will unlock only the associated account... meaning I must manually go to the account selector and click on the still-locked account if I want access to entries in both accounts.
This is particularly frustrating when I'm trying to use the 1Password browser extension as only passwords for the "unlocked" account will appear and I must fully open the 1Password app in order to unlock the other account.
Now, I've only been using v8 for a week so it may well be that I'm missing something obvious here. I would appreciate any help if that is the case—otherwise, I'm happy to treat this as a feature request. Thanks!
1Password Version: 8.7.0
Extension Version: 2.3.3
OS Version: macOS 12.4
4 Replies
1P_PeterGCommunity Manager
Thank you for the question, @sublet0h. We appreciate hearing from you!
Thanks for the reply and link Alvin_L_1P!
Alvin_L_1P1Password Team
Hey @sublet0h :
This is intended behaviour. We recommend using the same account password across all of your 1Password accounts. As you noticed, 1Password 7 will unlock using the password of the first 1Password account added to the app, but 1Password 8 will unlock any 1Password accounts that use that password. For more specifics on why this was changed and implemented this way, there's a few posts here that will clarify further than I can here: https://1password.community/discussion/comment/608291/#Comment_608291
Alvin
Alas, such a scenario is no longer supported. AgileBits suggestion is to use the same password for both accounts/vaults - which seems completely absurd to me, or to enable Touch ID to unlock your vaults (seemingly ignoring the plethora of desktops and older Mac laptops that do not and cannot have Touch ID).
There was a rather long thread during beta testing about this very issue which you can find here: https://1password.community/discussion/122614/two-accounts-now-needs-two-different-passwords-every-time-you-login/p1
This is yet another regression found in 1P8. I honestly don’t know how the current version of 1P8 is considered release ready when there are still so many bugs and feature regressions as compared to 1P7.
