Wi-Fi syncing between two Macs

Hi @JohnZimmerman,

Wi-Fi sync between computers is not yet supported, it is something we'd like to do in the future.

What you can do is configure Folder Sync in 1Password and use your own sync tool to sync the folder. In other words, if you use something like ChronoSync, you can configure it to sync the folder between both Macs. You can find out more here: https://guides.agilebits.com/1password-mac/5/en/topic/sync-folder

Thanks for the feedback, @skawad! I'll add your vote for this feature! :)

Hi @Wyzzer,

Unfortunately we cannot provide support for unofficial 3rd party sync solutions such as syncing 1Password data via ChronoSync, but you may find this guide useful:
https://support.1password.com/guides/mac/sync-folder.html

In this case you would probably actually want to select that you are a new user, vs an existing user, to get started.

Thanks,

Ben

@Wyzzer: Correct: you'll need to have the same vault on each device, written to a local folder, which you can then sync between the computers using something like ChronoSync or Rsync.

The important part is the local folder (not a network mount which may go offline), as 1Password will need your data to be available for it to read and write to it. I hope this helps! :)

@Wyzzer, on behalf of brenty, you're very welcome! Hopefully it all goes well, but we're here for you if you have more questions about that. :)

Hi @Wyzzer,

Your second screenshot is displaying the system Library folder while what you're looking for is the user Library folder. I don't which specific version of OS X Apple decided to start hiding the folder but it is definitely hidden by default in Yosemite.

One way round this is to use the Go to Folder... option in Finder. The keyboard shortcut for that is ⇧⌘G. It will open a small window and if you paste into there the following path ~/Library/Application Support/1Password/ it will take you to the location you're looking for.

Oh and yes, you can use Folder Sync and Wi-Fi Sync at the same time, in fact it's exactly what you need to do to sync multiple Macs and iOS devices when you wish to avoid the use of a cloud service such as Dropbox.

There is one important aspect to consider. Currently you are using your 1Password support folder as the location of your 1Password.agilekeychain. If you weren't careful when you set up ChronoSync it would be very easy to accidentally sync the entire 1Password folder instead. Now depending on how you are configuring all of this, if you had ChronSync pointing to ~/Library/Application Support/1Password/ on both the iMac and MacBookPro it could cause a lot of damage given the OnePassword.sqlite database file is in one of the subdirectories.

You may want to create a 1Password folder somewhere else, maybe in your Documents folder for example and have 1Password use Folder Sync to there. That way you would know you are only syncing the .agilekeychain. It's just something to be aware of.

Hopefully that gets things moving :smile:

@Wyzzer: I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking, but I'll do my best to untie this knot for you!

1Password can sync the same vault both using Wi-Fi and another method (Dropbox, iCloud, or Folder). In your screenshot, 1Password is syncing to Application Support using Folder Sync, and the Wi-Fi Sync server is also active. These settings are completely independent. This is possibly due to updating from an older version where you had your vault stored there.

If you'd like to change the folder sync location, set "Also Sync Primary Vault with..." to "None", and then set up Folder Sync again to choose a new location for the database. The only difference between Folder Sync and a Dropbox Sync setup is that with the latter 1Password will check to make sure that Dropbox is running and determine the location to write to.

I hope this helps. If I've completely misunderstood, just set me straight and I should be able to give you a proper answer! ;)