[kranbollin]

teedoff087, on 28 November 2010 - 10:43 AM, said:

kranbollin, on 28 November 2010 - 09:54 AM, said:

The article mentions local logins, but not in much detail; does1Password facilitate opening of Windows shares (samba) over a network, or encrypted disc images on the hard drive? How about VPN logins? Maybe users could comment.

You can save pretty much any password you like in 1Password, but it won't auto-fill those password like it does in the browser.

In that case, I'll save my $40 and stick with PasswordWallet, for which I have already paid. Perfectly adequate.

[hayesk]

bpeacock22, on 26 November 2010 - 07:11 AM, said:

My final comment is about 1P-Anywhere. UNFORTUNATELY, syncing with MobileMe just absolutely does not work. This is not Agile's fault, but I do have iDisk, so I don't really want to have another cloud service (i.e. Dropbox).

That would be the one con I would put in the review. It is Agile's fault. It's perfectly possible to sync via MobileMe. I think they are intending to use iDisk as the storage for the working password file, instead of a master sync file. Other apps sync via iDisk just fine, and Agile could too if they designed their software that way.

That said, 1P is a huge timesaver for me - well worth the price they are charging.

[hayesk]

linked_account, on 26 November 2010 - 05:43 PM, said:

I have already read the article and worked with the program. But if these are really the features, it isn't worth it for 40$ !! It is nothing more than all of the things that KeyChain Access and safari ( or any other browser) provide, except for saving credit cards details.
And I personally never save any information of my credit cards anywhere. No matter how secure the system is. I always wondered what is special about 1password do I missing something about this program or this is realy what it supposed to be. With this article I'm sure now that there is nothing special about the program.

Maybe you don't appreciate the convenience and security that 1Password provides, which is fine, but to say there is nothing special about this program is completely false. It is a huge improvement over the keychain/autofill and a timesaver.

Here's more (but not all) info:
http://help.agile.ws...comparison.html

No, I do not work for them. I'm just a satisfied customer.

[ljmac]

I'm completely with linked_account on this one - all the features of 1Password people rave about (apart from cross-platform support) are a standard part of the Mac OS X Keychain, which actually works far more simply and elegantly then 1Password, and is completely integrated into the OS. To respond to the points in their comparison:

1) Completely false - Keychain does allow this.
2) Use the autocomplete Safari extension.
3) Keychain integrates with real Mac browsers - if you want to use a browser that doesn't play nice with native OS X technologies, that's up to you.
4) Keychain doesn't require this either.
5) So what? Keychain can store multiple logins for any given web site. What more do you need?
6) Potentially useful, although there are other much cheaper solutions for this.
7) So what? This is just for storing your passwords, right?
8) There's plenty of free password generators
9) I'm not sure about this one, as I don't own any iOS devices. I'd be surprised if Apple doesn't offer this functionality in some form, however.

So there you go - 1Password always seems to make "best of Mac" lists, but I can only assume these people don't know that OS X Keychain does pretty much everything useful that 1Password does anyway. I would rate it as the most overrated piece of Mac software ever, and wouldn't even pay $4 for it, let alone $40!