I feel stupid for having taking the time a few years ago to manually move my data from 1Password’s Notes field into custom fields/sections.)įor the near term, I will likely use a mixed setup. So migrating my nearly 2,000 entries would have been impractical if I hadn’t been able to write some code to massage the JSON-like 1PIF into a format suitable for PasswordWallet’s CSV/TSV importer. (Sidenote: During this process I learned that 1Password’s CSV export-with “All Fields” selected-does not actually export all of the fields, and that the 1PIF export format is undocumented. So, by the time of Teare’s announcement, I had already investigated some alternatives, selected PasswordWallet (based in part on a recommendation from Wolf Rentzsch), and converted one of my vaults. Additionally, it doesn’t work with 1PasswordAnywhere, doesn’t work with 1Password’s local backup feature, and maintains only a partial local cache (attachments not guaranteed). I took this as a signal to start looking at other options, because the centralized cloud model, while very convenient for most customers and for AgileBits’ support people, seems inherently less secure to me and won’t work with Little Snitch blocking all network access. Reading between the lines, the strong implication was that they wanted at least the option to go cloud-only in version 7 without going back on their word. They seemed to be trying to thread a needle by specifically not promising continued support for local vaults, conflating this with not commenting on future product directions in general and the idea that all software eventually breaks, and then saying there was nothing to worry about because they have no plans to actively remove the feature. Even if we bring local vaults forward in a hypothetical new version of 1Password which does not yet exist, that’s not to say that the subsequent version will continue that I know it’s not the answer you want, but we will never publicly commit to Dropbox, iCloud, or local vaults for the future. This partial commitment is nice to hear, although it would have been nicer a few days ago when I asked about support for standalone vaults beyond version 6 and the response was: But 1Password memberships are indeed awesome and are the best way to use 1Password, and as such, I am going to continue to nudge you over when ever I can □ 1Password 6 and even 1Password 7 will continue to support standalone vaults. We know that not everyone is ready to make the jump yet, and as such, we will continue to support customers who are managing their own standalone vaults. Many Mac users worry that the same fate awaits 1Password 6 for Mac, and that we will remove support for local vaults and force them to pay again. These worries are compounded by the fact that 1Password 6 for Windows was designed from the ground up to support 1Password Teams customers only (and then later expanded to include family and individual plans), and we are unsure how this adventure will play out on the Windows side of the world, so we haven’t made any public announcements about when support for standalone vaults will be added, if ever. After all, many have corporate policies or regional restrictions that prevent them from using a hosted solution like ours, and so they’re understandably concerned and want to know that there’s a future for them with 1Password. As great as 1Password memberships are, I know that our excitement for them can cause some people to become worried. Now the thing is, I know it’s not realistic to expect everyone to be able to be able to join one of our memberships at this time. 1Password Standalone Vaults and PasswordWallet
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