Ricky Mondello21h ago

Did you know that you can export your saved data (including passkeys!) from Apple Passwords to another app on your iPhone or iPad? Top level of the app, ... menu, “Export Data to Another App”.

And you can export your saved data (including passkeys) from 1Password to another app on your iPhone or iPad, too! Top level of the app, user avatar, Settings, Advanced, Start Export.

Folks from 1Password, Dashlane, Bitwarden, NordPass, Apple, and Google collaborated on a data interoperability standard to make this possible. Building on top of that, iOS has first-class support for migrating that standardized data between apps.

Not all apps will support all of the data that’s possible to be transferred, but this really might help you switch from one app to another. There’s no need for a desktop computer and a CSV file, and those CSV files never supported migrating passkeys. The OS support for this exists on Mac, but third-party apps have been slower to adopt it.

Everything I’ve said here is public information and available to use on your i{Phone,Pad}OS 26 devices today.

Show threaddxzdb16h ago

@rmondello Good to know!

Passkey adoption question for you:
I just upgraded a Mac from Sonoma to Sequoia and the first screen required a AppleID login - there was no way to get to 1Password from that screen. Does that change if I used a passkey? In my non-Passkey world I brought up 1PW on another device and typed my password - what would happen with passkeys?

Show threadkΔ
@dxzdb @rmondello If you’re using Apple Password then do not store your Apple password on it. You need to have that one password in life to get to the others. You would need to use it to get to it anyway 🤭
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Show threaddxzdb4h ago

@kDelta @rmondello Great … so do you make it easy to remember or write it down? 😖

Seems like an incomplete way to manage passwords especially compared to #1Password

There must be more to the answer - like that screen would have a spot to enter biometrics for a passkey or it will someday. Still, I don't think macOS is all the way up at that point so I'm not sure how a totally passkey world works there. Maybe you unlock another device first?

Show threadkΔ57m ago

@dxzdb if 1Password lets you into 1Password without a password I’d be quite worried about it 😬 Is it not called 1Password for that very reason? 🤔

Edit: Yes you can use biometrics, but you still need to have a password. What if you lose a finger or your face changes and you’ve lost the device?