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1Password Brings Password Management to iPhone

Tuesday July 29, 2008 9:08 pm PDT by Arnold Kim

Agile Web Solutions has released their iPhone-native version of 1Password. The free application provides a long needed feature on the iPhone: password management. While the iPhone's on screen keyboard provides reasonable predictive capabilities when writing a text or email, it comes in no use when entering logins and passwords in Safari.

1Password provides a free solution for iPhone and iPod Touch users that keeps security in mind. The application encrypts all your passwords and even provides two levels of defense with an Unlock Code and Master Password. While the free standalone application will manage your iPhone passwords by itself, the real strength lies in the use alongside the Mac desktop version ($34.95) of the application. The iPhone version will sync wirelessly with your Mac version to import all your passwords for use on your iPhone. A video of the Mac version demos its functionality.

In order to get automatic login and password functionality on the iPhone, the application does launch websites within its own built-in web browser. The browser provides comparable functionality to Apple's own Safari browser including zooming and panning.
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dacreativeguy
Posted: 50 months ago
Looks like it just was posted:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285897618&mt=8

I installed it, but can't get it to sync with the 2.7.2 desktop app. The "iphone" option is not available in my sync menu. Can anyone else with 2.7.2 see the option? I'm thinking that maybe there will be a 2.7.3 upgrade that they will post once they realize the app is available.
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Surely
Posted: 50 months ago
Cool beans. Thanks for the heads up.

I'll play around with it when the 1.1 version is released.
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basesloaded190
Posted: 50 months ago
i just downloaded the 30 day desktop trial because i was really interested in the syncing between my computer and ipod touch so i will have to wait and see what others say about the combo before i go ahead and buy the software
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GyozaKing
Posted: 50 months ago
I can't autofill some fields on certain sites, for example my bank and University login/password. Is there a way around this?
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tweaks
Posted: 50 months ago

Looks like it just was posted:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285897618&mt=8

I installed it, but can't get it to sync with the 2.7.2 desktop app. The "iphone" option is not available in my sync menu. Can anyone else with 2.7.2 see the option? I'm thinking that maybe there will be a 2.7.3 upgrade that they will post once they realize the app is available.


great heads up

Thanks!!
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dalvin200
Posted: 50 months ago

Looks like it just was posted:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285897618&mt=8

I installed it, but can't get it to sync with the 2.7.2 desktop app. The "iphone" option is not available in my sync menu. Can anyone else with 2.7.2 see the option? I'm thinking that maybe there will be a 2.7.3 upgrade that they will post once they realize the app is available.


same here.. the only iphone option is to sync to iphone bookmarks..

i'm assuming there will be a desktop update for this too..
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sunfast
Posted: 50 months ago
Awesome news! Off to iTMS right now
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thetoothfairy
Posted: 50 months ago
Works like a charm! All you had to do is go to the support link in itunes for this app and go to their forum and read! This is a update for the desktop version so that it will sync using wifi...... and it will give you the option of sync- sync to iphone and it will work with the version that just got posted in itunes on 7/29/08

http://s3.amazonaws.com/agile/dmg/1Password-2.8.1.dmg

I also backed up my 1Password from my IMac to my Macbook as I sync using my Macbook as it travels with me all of the time.. and when I did this there were files in the trash within my 1Password program.... I could not delete them as it would lock 1Password up... so here is my fix incase anyone else has this same problem... or can't delete any webforms they don't need....

I went to my Applications/Utilties/Keychain Access

Once in there on the left hand side of the screen you will see 1Password... click on it and then you will see things in your trash....right click on them and delete them... it will ask you for your master password one time and then continue to delete the rest out of the trash...

Once you do this... then install 1Password through itunes... if you don't then you will see the things in your trash in your logins in 1Password on your iPhone.....

If you don't do this before installing... then you will have to removed 1Password through itunes and then re-install....

If you have questions please ask and I will try to help you out as much as possible...
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GyozaKing
Posted: 50 months ago

Works like a charm! All you had to do is go to the support link in itunes for this app and go to their forum and read! This is a update for the desktop version so that it will sync using wifi...... and it will work with the version that just got posted in itunes on 7/29/08

http://s3.amazonaws.com/agile/dmg/1Password-2.8.1.dmg


Thanks, I got the answer I needed, which exposes one flaw. There's no keyboard in the app's web browser. If a website doesn't allow you to autofill, there's really nothing you can do except exit the app and go to Safari, which really sucks.
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thetoothfairy
Posted: 50 months ago

Thanks, I got the answer I needed, which exposes one flaw. There's no keyboard in the app's web browser. If a website doesn't allow you to autofill, there's really nothing you can do except exit the app and go to Safari, which really sucks.


Wonderful I see that also....
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