Thanks for the information. I bought the bundle. I also have subscribe to the Mac power Users. On Sep 4, 2012, at 9:18 AM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > Thanks a lot for the details. I was about to start searching list archives to > see if 1Password for iOS had been discussed. I too learned a lot about it > from the mac power users podcasts. Dr. Carter's interview with Katie Floyd is > where I first heard about there podcast and it is a great resource. Even > though I am not the one who asked the question, you certainly answered the > ones I had and I am going to buy 1password for iOS right now. It would be > nice if you have any particular tips for using it on the iPhone or any things > I should be aware of. I am trying the free windows version right now, but > expect a new mac anytime nowso I won't be purchasing the windows license. > > Thanks > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Erkens" <paul.erk...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: In search of accessible password vault > > > Hi, > > By the time of this writing, 1Password is accessible, as long as you stick > with the app itself, and don't bother with its safari extension, other than > auto filling in a login once you are on that page. You can easily google > 1password, but to answer your questions: yes it is multi platform, it is for > mac, windows and ios, probably android but I'm not sure of that, and it can > sync via dropbox, amogn other ways. Having your encrypted keychain in dropbox > means, that you manage your chain yourself, and it is not stored online > somewhere. I have both the mac and the iphone version, and they are workable. > If tiny things were improved in their interfaces, life would become a whole > lot easier for VoiceOver users. But for now, it already works for all sorts > of things, like your web logins, say, for the skype site, for your banking > site, the vm ware site if you use that and all things similar, but there's a > lot more. > > It can also hold identities. Difference with a login is that an identity is > similar in that it is also a keychain element, but it obviously is made up of > other fields. In an identity, you store your name, street city and zip code, > phone number etc etc, and if a website asks for those, you can have 1password > fill in some or all of that. > > The 1password app has essentially a simple interface, where you have a list > of things on the left, such as logins, identities, secure notes, wallet > items, software license keys and more, and if you click one of these things > in the sidebar, which is where they all are, then that contents will appear > on the right. If you open, for instance, the logins item from the sidebar, > they appear on the right, in what VoiceOver calls an object list. This is > simply a list view where you arrow up and down, to find the login you want. > You can open or edit your login info from there. > > The same holds for all other items. If you want to add a software license for > example, just go to the sidebar, find software licenses, stop interacting > with the sidebar, and move over to the right. There you have an interactable > object list with all your license items so far, if any, and to the right of > that list, at least from a voiceover perspective, you then have an add item, > button. Once the new dialog opens, you'll find that you can read all text > fields in there. > > I'm still looking into several work arounds to get stuff into the interface, > and yes for VoiceOver users, things have room for improvement. Where the > smooth magic is already there for regular users, we'll have to wait for, or > get involved in, more VoiceOver support. Small amendments can make a lot of > difference for VoiceOver. > > I bought 1password and it serves my needs, although it is still clunky for us > in some ways. > For example. It has a strong password generator, which is handy on sites > where you either change your existing login into a new login with a strong > password, or where you create a new account. Of course, you can use the > strong password generator just anywhere, like for apps on your mac, for your > time capsule password if you have one, your wifi network etc, all strong > passwords. The password generator creates an unguessable strong password > consisting of letters numbers symbols etc, and the settings for that are just > fine and readable inside the 1password app. But, generating a new strong > password, unless someone can come up with an alternative, requires me to > leave safari on the "create account" page, open the 1password app because you > want to avoid the safari extension because of its lack of accessibility, and > then unlock the 1password app, find the password generator in the sidebar, > tweak its options, have your password generated, copy that to the blipboard, > move back to safari, find the text field for your new password, paste it in, > and hit create account on the site, hoping that a 1password question will pop > up from its safari extension and remain readable without VoiceOver setting > focus back to the site so that you can complete this dialog, asking to save > this login for future use. It is very clear how the safari extension that > comes with 1password, can make life a whole lot easier, by being able to do > everything from your browser, rather than from the 1password app. It's just > that we don't have that functionality yet as of now. > > The idea of having your own keychain in dropbox under your own control is > wonderful, as is the rest of the app. 1Password is in the mac app store and > in the ios app store if you want it. > > If you become a listener of the mac power users podcast, which is a repo with > a lot of interesting talk and knowledge, then they have a promo code to get a > little discount. I'd rather not write what that is, though, for obvious > reasons. Just take a listen to mac power users, and you will hear things you > never knew before. That show is excellent, and it's what made me buy > 1password. Find the mac power users podcast on itunes, or in things like > downcast on your iphone. It's worth the listen, especially if you go back > through their archive and learn about things like gmail playing happily with > Apple mail, doing backups the right way, how to migrate your mac to a new > machine, or how to set up a new one and doing it just right. They even got me > working with automator, and I love it. They also pointed me to text expander, > which I've seen but not purchased yet, and to markdown, which is an easy way > to create marked up files, such as html, using a very simple and VoiceOver > friendly syntax. I also learned about a time capsule, and 2 friends of mine > now have one as well. > > But getting back to your question, this is where I learned many useful things > myself, including 1password, which I'm now using every day. > > Paul. > On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:23 AM, Donovan Osborn <donovan303...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am looking for a password manager. Idealy I would like it cross-platform >> compatible with Mac OS X, Windows, iOS. 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