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Former Member
4 years ago

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 fami...
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Alvin_L_1P
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4 years ago

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