Just wondered how some of you store all this stuff? I’ve got so many clients’ Usernames, passwords, email POP & SMTP, Mal’s Hash codes, WebYep login codes and other details specific to all the respective accounts I could use some sort of app to store it for me. At the moment I use Quark, nicely tabbed out and easy to read but there’s got to be a better app to do it in.
Not too keen on 1Password btw. Don’t like one password unlocking everything.
interesting…I use 1Password and love it. That’s the one I’d recommend. Am I missing something when you say it “unlocks everything.?”
Bill
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Kryten <email@hidden> wrote:
Just wondered how some of you store all this stuff? I’ve got so many clients’ Usernames, passwords, email POP & SMTP, Mal’s Hash codes, WebYep login codes and other details specific to all the respective accounts I could use some sort of app to store it for me. At the moment I use Quark, nicely tabbed out and easy to read but there’s got to be a better app to do it in.
Not too keen on 1Password btw. Don’t like one password unlocking everything.
William - it may be me, maybe I’ve got the wrong end of the stick, but if you have one master password for 1Password which stores all your login stuff, surely that one password applies to everything stored?
That’s likely true for most password managers though isn’t it? You’ll need one single password to gain access to the data. I just make sure I’ve got a very strong password that unlocks 1Password, but I hear what you’re saying.
bill
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Kryten <email@hidden> wrote:
Chucka - you’re right, time for a change.
William - it may be me, maybe I’ve got the wrong end of the stick, but if you have one master password for 1Password which stores all your login stuff, surely that one password applies to everything stored?
It would seem to me that if you’re going to use an app for this purpose, the best you can ever expect is that you’re only at best, one password away from transparency.
Really…take a look at 1Password, once you start using it you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it. It’s really that good.
I don’t own any stock or have any interest in plugging them beyond the goodness of their product and the support they provide. It solved my password issues and actually encouraged and gave me confidence to generate ridiculous passwords for some of my sensitive business on the net. I also use it to store all my software license codes and receipts for purchases/warranties. I always go to it for my freeway upgrades when I need to find my registration number.
Bill
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Kryten <email@hidden> wrote:
True Keith. There’s a nice little app called SplashID that’s worth a look on MacUpdate.
My two cents of 1Password: It’s a Haxie. That means it’s likely to break on any change that Apple brings to OSX. As a rule I don’t normally mess with haxies, but I admit trying 1Password just to see what it did. It is a convenience, but you have to get past the concern of someone sneaking a peek at your computer behind your back while you take a potty break.
What’s wrong with using the Keychain utility and a program like
QuickSilver http://blacktree.com/?quicksilver to access your
passwords? QS is an application manager that you open with a shortcut
(control-space by default). When you open it you can type the first
few letters of an application (or letters that you assign to an
application, like fw for Freeway).
When used in conjunction with the Keychain utility you can scroll
through all your entries and press Return to copy one to your
clipboard, then paste it into the site, application or whatever.
As always, it’s recommended that your put a password on the Keychain
first so nobody else can do this on your machine
Joe
On 28 Feb 2009, at 06:40, VicH wrote:
I use MacJournal by Mariner Software to organize and store all my
passwords, registration numbers, etc.
Some good suggestion here chaps. Thank you. It’s interesting to read everybody’s slant on this issue. Don’t shoot me, but I like to have a hard copy as well (well hidden), just in case my Mac ever loses its marbles. All this info stored only magnetically and backed up, makes me nervous, I’ve lost hard drives before.
Joe, on a slightly different note: I started using QuickSilver last
year, and absolutely loved it; I got so I could hardly work without it!
Then I noticed that after a period ranging from one to three days, my
Finder would ‘freeze’. I couldn’t drag icons on the Desktop, although
the contextual menus worked fine, and I could send them to the Trash
using the keyboard shortcuts; just couldn’t drag them around. Force-
quitting the Finder fixed it, but it stopped me using QuickSilver. I
traced the problem to QuickSilver by a process of elimination.
Did you ever come across this and, if you did, do you know a solution?
I’m running Leopard now, although I was running Tiger then. Perhaps
I’ll give it another go …
Sorry, yes I was. You can hold all your passwords, all in one place, and even make secure notes. Lock them and only make them available with your OSX password.
On 28 Feb 2009, at 1:34 pm, Paul Bradforth wrote:
David, are you referring to the Keychain application? If not, what?
I use Yojimbo from Bare Bones (makers of BBEdit). It’s also great for storing random notes, serial numbers (which it can do automatically from serial number registration emails you get), etc.
I use Yojimbo from Bare Bones (makers of BBEdit). It’s also great for storing random notes, serial numbers (which it can do automatically from serial number registration emails you get), etc.
