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Anonymous
3 years agoIs it possible to programmatically set preferences?
Hi,
I'm trying to automate a macOS setup as much as possible, and I'd like to figure out if 1Password can be configured from a script.
I found that most preferences are stored in ~/Library/Gro...
andi_t_1P
1Password Team
3 years agoHi @romz , this is currently not possible because that setting is intentionally protected by us. That means you can only change it through the desktop app, and any attempts coming from outside the app will be denied. This is to prevent an attacker using out own op
cli tool against the user by authorising account access to it without the user ever explicitly agreeing to it. So changing that setting programatically will unfortunately not be possible, for your own safety.