Mac2Mac syncing over wifi?

snowboardorange

Hi,



Can wifi be used to sync 1Password between two macs. I use this method with my iPad but can't find any reference to do the same between my desktop/laptop.



I can find lots of references to dropbox, but I'm not quite ready to hand my credentials to the cloud.



Cheers

khad

Good question. At this time it is not possible to sync 1Password for Mac across two Macs via "direct" Wi-Fi. Dropbox is the only supported method for this.





If you are concerned about the security of storing your 1Password data in the cloud, I'd love to provide some reassurance. From the moment we designed the Agile Keychain data format we ensured that it was able to withstand an attack should your data fall into the wrong hands, either as a result of a Dropbox breach or if someone physically stole your computer. As such, we use 128-bit AES encryption to protect your sensitive 1Password data as well as many other mechanisms to stop an attacker from ever accessing your information and we detail this here:



http://help.agilebits.com/1Password3/cloud_storage_security.html



So, as long as you use a secure master password that you don't use elsewhere, your 1Password data is incredibly safe even when stored on a service like Dropbox. If you're not sure about the strength of your master password, please do take a look at our recent blog post on this:



http://blog.agilebits.com/2011/06/toward-better-master-passwords/



There are also other file-based syncing options available for keeping your local data in sync across several Macs. We can't necessarily provide support for them, but here is a starting point:



http://help.agilebits.com/1Password3/sync_solutions.html



I hope that helps. Please 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=':)' />

snowboardorange

Thanks. Appreciate the guidance.



I find the wifi sync to idevices to be incredibly useful and secure so please consider this a vote for a similar Mac version should it ever be a feature that you look at implementing.



Cheers