Take Control of 1Password

Easily create and enter secure passwords on all your devices!

Updated March 3, 2016

Wrangling your Web passwords can be easy and secure, thanks to 1Password, the popular password manager from AgileBits. In this book, Joe Kissell brings years of real-world 1Password experience into play to explain not only how to create, edit, and enter Web login data easily, but also how to autofill contact and credit card info when shopping online, audit your passwords and generate better ones, handle two-factor authentication (2FA), and sync and share passwords with various techniques--including 1Password for Teams and 1Password for Families.

Joe focuses on 1Password 6 for the Mac, but he also provides details and directions for the iOS, Windows, and Android versions of 1Password.

Meet 1Password: Set your master passcode, explore the various 1Password components, and decide on your ideal usage strategy.

While reading Take Control of 1Password on my iPad I was furiously highlighting passages and following along with 1Password open on my Mac. [The book] showed me how some of my passwords were weak or duplicates. I immediately changed those passwords to unique and secure ones.
--Elisa Pacelli, in her MyMac book review.

Master logins: In 1Password, a typical login contains a set of credentials used to sign in to a Web site. Find out how to create logins, sort them, search them, tag them, and more. You'll especially find help with editing logins. For example, if you change a site's password from dragon7 to eatsevendragonsforlunchatyahoo, you'll want to incorporate that into its login. Or, use 1Password's password generator to create highly secure random passwords, like dGx7Crve3WucELF#s.

Understand password security: Get guidance on what makes for a good password, and read Joe's important Password Dos and Don'ts. A special topic covers how to perform a security audit in order to improve poor passwords quickly.

Go beyond Web logins: A primary point of 1Password is to speed up Web logins, but 1Password can also store and autofill contact information (for more than one identity, even), along with credit card information. You'll also find advice on storing passwords for password-protected files and encrypted disk images, plus ideas for keeping track of confidential files, scans of important cards or documents, and more.

Sync your passwords: Discover which 1Password syncing solution is right for you: Dropbox, iCloud, or a Finder folder, as well as a device-to-device Wi-Fi sync.

Share your passwords: Learn how 1Password integrates with the 1Password for Teams and the 1Password for Families online services.

You'll also discover the answers to key questions, including:

• Should I use my Web browser's autofill feature?
• What about iCloud Keychain? Should I use that too?
• What can I do quickly to get better password security?
• What's the best way to buy 1Password?
• How can I find and update weak passwords I created long ago?
• What's the best way to work with the password generator?
• What should I do about security questions, like the name of my pet?
• How can 1Password provide a time-based one-time password (TOTP)?
• How can I access my 1Password data on another person's computer?
• How do I initiate 1Password logins from utilities like LaunchBar?