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OSX Versions & Secure Notes?

lieut_data
lieut_data
in Mac
I recall reading a while back that OSX Versions keeps its snapshots outside of the file itself, in some master SQLite database on the filesystem.



How does 1Password handle this with respect to viewing and saving secure notes?
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  • khad
    khad Social Choreographer ✭
    I'm not sure I understand the question, so I'm not sure if this will answer it. However, unencrypted data is never written to disk and 1Password does not use [url="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4753?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US"]Lion's "Auto Save" or "Versions"[/url] APIs.
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  • lieut_data
    lieut_data
    So here's the workflow:

    * Open a secure note using TextEdit

    * Update secure note

    * "Save a version" (since there is no such thing as just saving any more in Lion...)

    * Return to 1Password



    Is TextEdit suppressed from using Lion's "Auto Save" or "Versions" APIs?
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  • khad
    khad Social Choreographer ✭
    1Password has no control over files in your file system. Only the data and attachments in 1Password are encrypted.



    That said, I'm not sure how you are opening a Secure Note in TextEdit. Can you elaborate on that? Secure Notes are only editable within the main 1Password application. Do you mean that you are opening a file that you [i]attached to[/i] a Secure Note in 1Password?
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  • lieut_data
    lieut_data
    Ah yes, I'm apparently opening a file attached to a secure note.
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  • khad
    khad Social Choreographer ✭
    edited July 2012
    1Password is designed to store encrypted copies of files rather than the actual files you are working on. In this way it is much more like an encrypted email attachment than an encrypted folder for your files.



    If all you need is encrypted text, I suggest storing the data [b]in[/b] the Secure Note rather than as an attachment [b]to[/b] the Secure Note. If you're looking to [i]actively edit[/i] encrypted files, I would recommend checking out our other app: Knox.



    [url="http://agilebits.com/knox"]http://agilebits.com/knox[/url]



    Create as many encrypted vaults as you want, each with separate passwords. Then schedule automatic backups. You can even reformat USB sticks and external drives as encrypted Knox vaults.



    Feel free to kick the tires. There is a free 30-day trial.



    Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. <img src='http://forum.agilebits.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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