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starwolf
8 months agoOccasional Contributor
Troubleshooting Autofill for Mac login
Hello. When following instructions in 1Password's Universal Autofill article, searching for "Mac login" doesn't find the "Mac User Account Password" item shown in the article. I don't see anything wi...
1P_Dave
Moderator
8 months agoThanks for the reply! After downloading a copy of the icon that you'd like to use from a search engine or other website, you can add a custom icon to the Login item by editing the item, clicking on the down arrow next to the icon, and then adding the icon.
The only issue now is, its never going to autofill because, for some reason, my AppleID login also gets triggered whenever a local macOS login pops up. I'm guessing apple.com and/or icloud.com URLs appear behind the scenes—even for a local login.
1Password isn't able to differentiate between a prompt asking for your local Mac password or your Apple Account password which is why Quick Access will present both options and let you choose the correct Login item. 🙂
-Dave