Example 2 – macOS system prompt: You’ve made a change to a system preference and macOS asks for your password to confirm the change.With Universal Autofill, you just call up Quick Access (SHIFT+COMMAND+SPACE) and hit enter. In the past, you’d have to open 1Password, find the correct iCloud login details and copy and paste both the username and password. Example 1 – the native app: You open Apple Music only to find that you’ve been signed out for some reason.This new feature works with native apps and macOS system prompts and finally removes the need to manually copy and paste login details from 1Password. Until now Universal Autofill is about to change your world if you’re a Mac user.

You see, there’s never been a way to call up 1Password and have it automatically complete those login requirements, as it does with websites and web apps.

If you’re a regular user of 1Password (or any password manager, for that matter) you’ll be familiar with the need to manually copy and paste login details for app passwords and macOS system prompts. It’s called Universal Autofill and it is bloody brilliant. The team at 1Password have already provided quite a bit of information on the changes Mac users can expect from 1Password, but there’s one new feature they’ve been keeping under wraps.

Incidentally, 1Password 8 for the Mac is available as a full, out-of-beta public release today ( you can grab a free trial and 25% off your first year of 1Password Families here). The latest version of my favourite password manager for the Mac worked flawlessly and provided me with early access to not only the brand-new user interface but one killer feature I’m finally allowed to tell you about today. I’m glad I did, though, because the beta test period for 1Password 8 on the Mac was enjoyable, stable, and entirely non-beta-like. You know, 1Password – the platform I task with storing my most confidential, personal, and important data. You might, therefore, question why on earth I decided to jump into the beta testing phase for 1Password 8 on the Mac.

It scares me, quite frankly – particularly if the only machine I have to hand is used for work purposes.

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