Local Backups
Hello!
As I understand it in the case of membership use - no local backup copies are made for the vaults on Mac.
There are many reasons for this. 1Password.com service stability, local cache for applications, etc.
The question is:
If, in the event of any disaster, I restore the ~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits directory from a backup, will it be enough for the application to read the local cache from it and show me the contents of my vault?
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Hi @dguskov
As with any backup method it only holds water if it has been tested. I’d recommend testing it. :)
- Make sure you know your 1Password credentials by logging in at https://my.1password.com/signin?a=new
- Make a backup of that folder
- Reset 1Password for Mac (1Password lock screen > Help > Troubleshooting > Reset all 1Password data)
- Disconnect from the internet (to simulate an outage or what-have-you)
- Restore the backup
- See if you can access the data
Please let us know how it turns out. :+1:
Ben
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Hi @Ben !
Yes, it's works.
I make clean install macOS (in virtual environment). Clean install 1Password 7.2.1 (I do not login to my account and 1Password proposed me start trial period or login).
Turn off any network access.
Restore ~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits from backup. I use Time Machine for local backups and Arq for offsite backups.
I launched 1Password, and it accepts my master password, and I can see and export all my records.
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Excellent. Glad to hear it. And now that you’ve tested it in your own environment you can be fairly confident in it as a solution. :) Of course, as they say... one copy is zero, two copies is one, three copies is two, etc.
Ben
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I use rule 3-2-1.
Three copies. In two different formats and media, and at least 1 copy offsite. And regularly check backups.Cloud is good but I remember, for example, about the problem of GitLab outage or Amazon AWS S3 outage.
No one is perfect, take care of yourself.
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That’s a good rule. :+1:
Thanks. Enjoy.
Ben
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