1Passwd: The “1″ Best Password Manager For Mac

Posted by Brian Waldo on 07/5/07 in Home & Personal, Internet, Utilities, Web

1Passwd Logo 1Passwd is the single best password manager for Mac. Said manager contains many useful features that improve the Internet experience. With easy access to this program (via plugins) from Safrai, Firefox, Flock, Camino, OmniWeb, DEVONAgent, and NetNewsWire, the possibilities are endless. If 1Passwd’s great functionality can save me time while surfing the Web, I’m positive it can do the same for you.

After installing 1Passwd, your browser gains the 1Passwd menu in its toolbar. With this button comes an option known as “Autosave.” When this feature is activated, any form you fill out on any website will be stored in a safe place. Should you return to a form that was saved previously, call on 1Passwd (by pressing the “Cmd + \” keyboard shortcut). Without “Autosave,” you’ll have to go to the 1Passwd button, and select “Save form…” each time.

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While 1Passwd does have great time saving features, it also has a few safety features to help protect the user against identity and credit card theft. Sensitive information can be stolen with keyloggers. Keyloggers do exactly what the name suggests; while typing in, for example, a credit card number, the keylogger saves a log or transcript of what the user has typed and sends it to the thief.

With 1Passwd’s way of submitting passwords, you do not actually have to type in the information, therefore no keys are pressed. While protection from key loggers is great, phishing is also a huge threat. Phishers create website look-a-likes in order to fool you into typing you information on their phony website. www.patpal.com is a good (but fake) example of a fishing website.

The URL is very similar to Paypal’s. Because of this, someone could type in the address wrongly, visit this fake Paypal site, and give away their sensitive information. 1Passwd will not fill in your details if the site address does not match the one that’s stored in its database. To top off 1Passwd’s great security system, a master password is also used to encrypt all of your Internet passwords.

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Agile Web Solutions requests for a full 1Passwd License. If you can’t afford to shell out $29.95, do not fear, you can still use 1Passwd with some limitations (for example there is a limit on how many passwords you can store).

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Tom said on

July 5th, 2007 at 6:50 am

Looks well made, but can someone explain to me the advantages of using this over the built in keychain that works in Safari and Camino?

Marvin Sum said on

July 5th, 2007 at 7:41 am

1Passwd not only remembers form data, it also stores secure notes and can use identities. I also think the form filler is one of the most versatile ones out there.

Plus, being a standalone application, it’s more secure; tools that are built into browsers tend to be more vulnerable to exploits.

Ryan Bestfird said on

July 5th, 2007 at 8:42 am

As a PC switcher, I was looking for something to replace my beloved Roboforms.

I couldn’t be happier with 1Passwd. One of the major advantages is the form filler. It is one of the few pieces of software that actually makes a difference to how I use my mac. Ordering junk off the internet has never been quicker!

I’ve had a few dealings with their support team, and I can only say good things. Fast and efficient.

It seems to be updated on a weekly basis.

My only criticism is it is not compatible with Opera.

periferral said on

July 5th, 2007 at 1:31 pm

1passwd is great. Ive used it for a while and was a Roboform user before and I think for the most part it works better. However, I do have some gripes.
1. Cannot save multiple credit cards in 1 identity. I need to create the same identity to add more than 1 card.

2. Not the best form filling for identities. With Roboform, I almost never had a problem entering forms using my identities. However, with !passwd, I’ve noticed that sometimes if fills my username instead of Name and does not put in my phone number and so on.

3. When I change my password for a site that is already in my list of passwords, I cannot click save form and have it overwrite my existing list. If I continue, it sometime brings up the save form dialog on its own and other times it doesnt.

MJ Valente said on

July 5th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

@Tom — besides what Marvin already pointed out, it allows you to use your stored data in different browsers: Safari, Camino, Firefox, OmniWeb…

@Ryan — Opera has its own pswd storing process and that makes it impossible to use 1passwd. (It doesn’t work with Flock either and I suspect its for the same reason).

I’m looking forward for the capability of storing serial numbers too. (According to them this is on the works.)

David Teare said on

July 5th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

> Iâ€™m looking forward for the capability of
> storing serial numbers too. (According
> to them this is on the works.)

Yup! This is coming soon. It would be here by now if I didn’t read so many blogs