Syncing Issues: No progress indicator [Fixed in 4.5.1] and dual sync system [Not coming back]

@liconutowas‌ Sorry for the terse reply, it's been a busy few days here at AgileBits headquarters, post-launch. To answer your question of, "why not?", we have a handful of issues that we're working to get sorted out for version 4.5.1 that simply must take higher priority. 4.5.1 is going to have a quick turnaround and implementing some additional sync progress (beyond what we've already added for 4.5.1) doesn't fit within that timeline.

In terms of the new .opvault support when syncing via Dropbox, it's kind of an unannounced feature. Let me see if I can get some steps for you on how you can enable it.

@liconutowas Here are some steps to get an opvault to Dropbox:

On Mac, setup syncing with iCloud. Navigate to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/2BUA8C4S2C~com~agilebits~onepassword/ and copy the onepassword_data folder to Dropbox. Once you've got it on Dropbox rename the onepassword_data to 1Password.opvault.

If you're on Windows:

1. File > New 1Password Vault
2. Change "Save As" dropdown from agilekeychain to opvault
3. Press "Save"

Hi @liconutowas,

Xe997's link will explain the benefits of the new .opvault format. It takes advantage of all the security improvements we've made in 1Password 4, such as 256-bit AES along with an authenticated encryption method that prevents data tampering, a much faster sync experience because we only have to deal with a 16-band file structure instead of hundreds or thousands of smaller files in .agilekeychain format, and many other benefits that is explained in that doc.

We will be phasing out .agilekeychain format everywhere once we get 1Password 4 app out for all platforms that can read the new .opvault format.

The new version of 1Password for Windows (currently in beta) does support .opvault. 1PasswordAnywhere is not currently available when using .opvault.

Good morning @rolfl‌, I have talked with our Windows dev and passed along your report. He is aware of the problem and will be working to get it taken care of. He did let me know that .opvault isn't 100% supported in the Windows beta yet, so please take precautions that you normally would with a beta (having redundant data backups, etc.)

@rolfl‌ Your best bet for additional information about .opvault support in 1Password for Windows is to post about it specifically in the Windows forum here: http://discussions.agilebits.com/categories/1password-windows-beta-builds

The Windows team will be sure to pick up the discussion and will be better equipped to answer your questions. Thanks!

Hi @rolfl,

No news on that yet, it's not a trivial change but we'll notify you guys in the changelog when we add this to the app.

However, iCloud sync shouldn't be causing any conflicts. Can you explain more about what's going on there in a separate thread, so we can figure this out.

Thanks!

Hi @rolfl,

Interesting, thanks for the update, please keep us informed of your progress.

I'm sorry @rolfl‌, I wish I had something for you, but there's nothing to report yet. Unfortunately this is not a quick problem to solve and requires more resources than we have available to put on it at the moment. That being said, we have been having some discussion internally about how to speed up the initial download and sync and ways to mitigate Dropbox rate limiting.

Hi @rolfl‌,

It might be a while before we fix the performance issue, this has to do with the increased encryption strength. We have to optimize the code and that's going to take a while.