One of them is that we’ve added Watchtower (a feature that has been available on Mac and Windows for some time now) to 1Password for iOS. Watchtower warns you if a site or service has been compromised in a way that would make it a good idea for you to change your password for that site. Use Watchtower on 1Password.com Sign in to your account on 1Password.com, then choose a vault. Click Watchtower in the sidebar to create a Watchtower report. To view items that require your attention, click “View items”. Watchtower is a suite of security tools that comes with every 1Password membership. At a glance, Watchtower can alert you to any weaknesses in your security ecosystem, including passwords that need to be changed or strengthened, compromised logins, and security updates from websites you store credentials for. Watchtower is 1Password's term for its monitoring feature, which sends you real time alerts if your details have been compromised, allowing you to act fast and change them before they can be used.
1Password for Mac is the simple, beautiful password manager you’ve been looking for. Easily organize your secure information, save and fill passwords in your browser, and have everything available at your fingertips.
Before you get started, set up 1Password on your Mac.
Create and edit items
When you open 1Password, you’ll see a list of all your items, like your passwords and credit cards. Select an item to see its details:
To create an item, click or choose File > New Item (Command-N). Then choose the type of item to create. Enter the details and click Save.
To edit an item, select it and click Edit or choose Item > Edit (Command-E). When you’re done making changes, click Save or choose Item > Save Changes (Command-E).
To see only certain types of items, select a category in the sidebar. Select All Items to see everything in the current vault.
Use 1Password in your browser
1Password lets you fill passwords, credit cards, and addresses directly in your browser.
Use 1Password mini to fill in apps
1Password mini makes it easy to fill your details in apps. To open 1Password mini, click the 1Password icon in the menu bar (Option-Command-Backslash ()).
To fill in an app, drag your login details to it. For example, drag your password to the password field in the app.
To keep your login details handy, click Pin on Screen to open them in a separate window. You can close the window when you’re done.
Search 1Password
Searching is the fastest way to find what you need in 1Password.
To search in 1Password, use the search field above the list of items (Command-F).
Sort items
To change how items are sorted in the list, click “items sorted by” below the search field.
Each category has different sort options, and they can be set per category. For example, you can sort credit cards by card type and logins by date last used.
Organize with favorites and tags
You can organize your items with tags or mark them as favorites to quickly access them when you need them.
To mark an item as a favorite, select it and clickin the top right. Or drag items onto Favorites in the sidebar.
To create a tag, edit an item, enter the name of the tag in the tag field, and click Save. Your tags automatically appear in the sidebar.
Switch vaults and accounts
You can use vaults in 1Password to organize your items and share them with others. If you have multiple 1Password accounts, each account has its own vaults.
To switch to a specific vault or view items from all the vaults in an account, click All Vaults (Command-L) at the top of the sidebar and choose a vault or account. Or choose Vault > Switch to Vault (Command-1 to Command-9).
Move and copy items
You can use drag and drop to move and copy items between vaults and even create new vaults.
Use Watchtower
Watchtower tells you about password breaches and other security problems on the websites you have saved in 1Password.
To get alerted when a website you have an account for is added to Watchtower, go to Preferences > Notifications and turn on Watchtower Alerts.
Format secure notes
Add formatting to your secure notes with Markdown. View them in rich text, complete with headers, bold and italic styles, lists, and more.
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Enlarge passwords
You can temporarily enlarge a password to make it easier to see while entering it on another device or reading it aloud.
To enlarge a password, hover over it. Then clickand choose Show in Large Type.
Delete items
To move an item to the Trash, drag it to the Trash in the sidebar. Or choose Item > Move to Trash (Command-Delete).
To restore an item from the Trash, click the Trash in the sidebar, select the item, then click Restore. Or choose Item > Restore from Trash.
To delete the items in the Trash, choose 1Password > Empty Trash.
Lock 1Password
When you’re done using 1Password, you can lock it. To lock 1Password, choose 1Password > Lock (Control-Option-Command-L). Unlock 1Password again by entering your Master Password.
Learn more
With 1Password Teams and 1Password Business, you can create a report to see if anyone with a company email address has been affected by a data breach. Information about data breaches comes from the haveibeenpwned.com domain search database.
An account owner will need to set up the breach report and verify a domain, then anyone in the Security group can view it.
To get started, sign in to your account on 1Password.com and click Dashboard in the sidebar.
Set up the domain breach report
Before you can find email addresses affected by data breaches, you’ll need to verify that you control a domain.
Verify a domain
Click Create Domain Breach Report, then click Get Started. Then enter your company domain and choose how to verify it:
- Email: choose an administrative email address to send a verification code to, then click Send Verification Code. Enter the code and click Verify.
- DNS record: add a DNS text (TXT) record containing the verification string to the domain you want to verify. Create the record at the root (
@). Then click Verify.It may take up to 24 hours for DNS changes to propagate. To verify your domain later, go to the domain breach report, click Manage Domains, then click Complete Verification. If you need help, check with your DNS provider.
Manage verified domains
To include more than one domain in the report, click Manage Domains > Add Domain, then verify it.
To mark one domain as an alias of another, clicknext to the domain and choose Mark as Alias. Choose the domain you want to make it an alias of, then click Save.
To remove a domain, clicknext to it and choose Remove.
View the domain breach report
After you verify your first domain, you’ll see the breach report for it.
To see everyone affected by a specific breach, clickbeside it.
To see which accounts are vulnerable for a specific email address, click its breach details.
To sort or filter the list of breaches, click a header or one of the information compromised tags in your report.
To hide collections of personal information that may not have come from a data breach, turn on “Hide spam lists”.
Notify people affected by a data breach
If your company is affected by a data breach, click Notify Your Team to send an email to the affected team members. You can invite people who don’t use 1Password to join your team.
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The affected people should:
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- Join your team on 1Password if they haven’t.
- Use 1Password to change their password for the affected site and for any accounts where they’ve reused a compromised password.
- Use Watchtower to find security problems with their items in 1Password and turn on notifications to get alerted of new data breaches.
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