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v8 Closes On Its Own?
1P is among a handful of apps that should always be open on my Mac. v8 appears to close itself at some interval. It doesn't appear to be crashing, just, when I go to use it, it isn't open anymore and...
Dayton_ag
1Password Team
1Password TeamHey there @friend apologies for the delay here!
as soon as I deactivate ["Keep 1Password in the menu bar"] and my Macbook goes to sleep, when it wakes up, 1Password is not running any more.
Ah, that makes sense! When this option is disabled and when 1Password locks with no active window open, the 1Password app quits. Since 1Password will lock automatically when the device sleeps, what is happening is the device sleep action causes 1Password to lock and then quit. Once 1Password is no longer running it cannot "hear" or respond to any keyboard shortcuts.
Currently the best way to keep 1Password running when locked is to keep 1Password in the menu bar - this will prevent 1Password from quitting when it locks when no window is visible.
