Safari AutoFill for iPhone and iPod touch

1Password brings AutoFill support to Safari on iPhone and iPod touch!

Every iPhone and iPod touch user has cringed when they realized that Mobile Safari does not remember web site logins. Coupled with the fact Copy and Paste is nonexistent on the iPhone, users were forced to type their login information every time they wanted to access any password protected site.

The latest version of 1Password has the ability to sync to iPhone/iPod touch which will store all login information as a bookmarklet. When opened, this bookmarklet will allow automatic login into any website.

From a Mac to the iPhone

Syncing everything from you computer to an iPhone is dead simple. From within the 1password application click on the "Sync to iPhone" icon in your toolbar and choose an access code to encrypt your data. Your encrypted 1Password data is then stored into two Safari Bookmarklets, which is a standard bookmark, but instead of containing just an address, it contains the entire web page. Next time you sync your iPhone make sure "Sync Safari Bookmarks" is checked under the Info tab in iTunes and you're all set!

Mobile Safari AutoFill in Action

After browsing to a password protected website that requires you to login, simply bring up the Bookmarks menu and select "1Password Logins" to bring up the 1Password AutoFill window, as shown here:

Keeping Your Information Confidential and Secure

All the confidential information stored within the bookmarklet is encrypted using Strong Cryptography (448-bit Blowfish encryption) and can only be accessed once the correct Access Code is entered. The confidential information is decrypted within Safari on the iPhone and no communication with the 1Password web servers is required. Best of all, no iPhone hacks are required!

This automatic login capability allows you to use Strong Passwords and no longer worry about typing them while surfing on the iPhone/iPod touch.

Complete Guide

You can also find a fantastic complete guide to using the new feature on iLikeMyiPhone.com.

All Your Secure Data ... Now Portable

The second bookmark we create allows you to view all of your secure data anywhere. Once clicked you simply type in your access code to decrypt all of the data and click to view whatever information you need to see!

You can see this complete review for more details on how to view your 1Password data on the iPhone.

Troubleshooting AutoFill

There are a few common questions that arise when using 1Password's iPhone AutoFill feature.

Failed AutoSubmit

The AutoSubmit feature will automatically submit the form for you, but for some websites this will cause problems. When debugging a AutoFill problem, the first thing to do is to turn off AutoSubmit and see if the form fills correctly, and if it does, manually submit the form. If the form does not fill, move on to the next step.

Login Forms Fail to Fill

If a form fails to fill, the first thing to try is to save a new Web Form on your Mac by manually selecting Save Form. Then sync this new form to your iPhone and try again. Usually this will fix the issue as the field names on the web site did not match the original saved form.

"Missing" Popup Window

The AutoFill window will automatically center itself, near the top of the web page. If you are zoomed in, you may need to zoom out to find the window.

Javascript and CSS Errors

The 1Password AutoFill feature uses Javascript and CSS to open a window on the currently displayed page. This window will inherit all the existing Javascript and CSS from the current page, which can potentially cause issues depending on the site.

Due to the millions of web sites, we have not been able to test them all. If you followed all the steps above and still cannot get a particular web site to AutoFill, leave us a comment and we will take a look.

Comments

[Eric Apen]

Awesome....simply awesome!

[Dan]

Yes! This was the final main feature I was missing on my iPhone :D ... I've had it for a few days now, thanks for finishing it Dave!!!

[Joel]

This is great! Thanks! :)

[Christian]

Works just as advertised :-)

Kudos to you. You definitely rock.

[Desmond Fuller]

INCREDIBLE!

1Password goes from being one of the best apps I own to the best application I own.

My iPhone and I thank you!!!!!

[Peter]

Awesome...Stunnig feature. Love it. Thanks from Europe.

[Alex]

This is a great feature! Thank you sooooooo much!

[Andrew]

So sweet. Got it going yesterday, and it worked like a charm. This really is the holy grail of managing passwords now. Awesome app.

[Norman]

You guys are damn awesome, without the macheist bundle i wouldn't even know that this software existed (ok, i would because i read this at www.iphone-ticker.de).

you guys rock !

[Dale Cruse]

The update to this app alone makes my iPhone so much more useful. Thank you!

[Daniel]

Just awesome!

[Shrop]

Yeah, this new feature is da bomb. 1Password is indispensable for me on my iphone and Mac. Just one of those apps you have to have.

[Marc]

Does this work for PC users?

[John]

Great stuff, but it doesn't seem to work with secure (https) login forms, the kind that pop up as a sheet in the desktop version of Safari. Specifically, when this kind of login pops up on the iPhone, there's no access to the bookmarks, so no way to autofill.

Any chance there's a way to get these fields to auto-populate with stored data? That'd be awesome. :)

[Scott Coates]

Any love for iPod touch users?

[mooseworks]

Simply fantastic, I am stunned.

@marc
If you have 1password for PC then sure it'll work. Oh hang on, it's a Mac only application. Never mind, maybe they'll do one for PC iPhone users too eventually. Until then, maybe go out and buy a Mac, they are so much better than PCs!

[Stan]

Nice job! This is a great feature. Better than writing my password on my hand to log into google.

[l0k1]

this is awesome! i just, kid you not, got an ipt an hour ago. i can't wait to try this out.

- a very happy mh bundle purchaser

[Britonius]

As per the error I will send these to your support email, but you said to post them here also, so I am just covering my bases to make sure it gets reported.

I tried going to my Google Calendar Login page (https://www.google.com/calendar)
and received the following pop up error "https://www.google.com Error opening 1Password Login window; please report this to support@agilewebsolutions.com. Line #1: TypeError: Null Value.

I also went to my Facebook login screen built for the iPhone and the pop-up does not display at all and my screen is not zoomed in.

My Digg login has a banner ad at the top and when the 1Password pop-up is displayed the Banner ad covers it up partial so that I can not type in my password - http://digg.com/login. This could be an issue on several pages that have banner ads at the top center where this pop-up will display.

After three strikes I finally was able to get it to work with my family's forum page login. So it is somewhat useful so far and has promise but needs work still. I am hoping once Apple's SDK comes out you will find a better solution.

[Bob Baker]

I've been using 1Password for some time now, and ended up purchasing an additional license as part of MacHeist (enjoy the extra income, guys!). 1Password is a shining example of the ingenuity of independent developers for the Mac. Keep up the GREAT work; I absolutely love 1Password!

[Ben Smith]

First off, great job and thank you. As a iPhone user, I haven't been putting the ultra secure passwords on things that I really should because I had to type them in.

Thanks. Hey I do have one question ... How did you make the iPhone screen shots? I've needed to do this a few times and I have not had great success with emulators as they don't look exactly the same.

[Mathieu]

The red fingerprint is kind of eerie. Like they just got done doing a double homicide or something.

[Martin Johnson]

Dude.... You ROCK!

[wes chamness]

Very nice update!

This is how I wanted iPassword to work with my iPhone and you guys did it without even needing the feature request.

Love the app and I feel that it is one of the apps that I have to have on any Mac that I use.

Thanks and keep up the awesome work!

[Jeff]

iPhone autofill works great for my Wordpress site, but when I try to log in to my MS Exchange webmail (work email) it doesn't give me the "list" of forms after I type in my password for 1pw.

[xxdesmus]

Give me Windows support (yeah unlikely I know), and I'd buy this app in a second.

[James Francis]

Nice work guys. This is great!

[Anthony Pelosi]

When gloating to PC friends how much better the Mac is (touting the Unix base doesn't send shrills up their spine), I show them 1Password. It is by far my favorite Mac application, and over a 1 year's time probably saves me 40 - 50 hours, that's a week long vacation! I'm also astonished at how quick updates are being made (such as Safari 3 compatibility within a day of its announcement and the iPhone functionality) and how elegant they are implemented. Keep up the amazing work!

[Kyle]

the popup window shows behind ads on tundrasolutions.com and toyotanation.com. Also, the access dialog box does not work at all on this login page. https://www.wireless.att.com/olam/dashboardAction.olamexecute

Anyways, awesome program!! I use it constantly!

[Carl]

Kyle:

Try putting the cursor in the password field for the AT&T site as they have some code on the page to make sure only number are entered in the first field.

Thanks

Carl
1Password Support
http://1password.com/
http://switchersblog.com/

[Bill]

Great experience except in Google. When I bring up the Google login and then select 1password, the Google login remains in the middle of the 1Password screen. It doesn't work. Works on all of the other sites, but not Google????

Amazing though!

[Andrew]

Does actually work for anyone? I can't find a single form where it fills anything correctly. Sometimes the site is not listed on the black dialog, and other times it doesn't fill the form correctly. This functionality is close to worthless. Maybe when the SDK is release it something meaningful will come out of the iPhone integration, but at the moment its merely a headache.

[David A Teare]

@Andrew: Absolutely the 1Password iPhone Logins works! :)

We had some issues on particular sites in 2.5.10 and I fixed most of these issues in 2.5.11. Upgrade to the latest and let me know if you find any issues.

[Zeno Davatz]

Well it does not work so far for me for any of the sites I have passwords for (approx. 330 site). I always get the annoying "Can't load page Error" in Safari. Would be great if it would work as I payed for this software. Seems like something is not properly done here. Grrrmbl!

[Lou]

I am having the same issue as Andrew. Although I am using the latest version I cannot get any forms to fill on my iphone. Actually no forms are showing up in the 1password dialog so when I enter the access code nothing happens at all.

I had even created 1click bookmarks which I was assuming would automatically fill in the form on the iphone as is does in safari on my mac - having to input an access code each and every time you fill out a form seems cumbersome.

What am I missing???

[Arlo]

But this doesn't work with HTTP dialog's correct? So about (i'd guess) 20% of the passwords I have stored, I can't actually use :-/

[layo]

fantastic! Just tried it out and it works beautifully.

Thank you :-)

[William Morton]

I wish I could use this - but I sync my iPhone to my home PC. Doesn't look like I can take advantage of it.

[Eldad]

this app is getting better and better, by far the best value for money!
thanks guys and keep up the good work :)

[Chris Heurich]

Somebody's software is looking FABULOUS! (use your Jim Carrey voice)

:-)

[Basil Fawlty]

Absolutely awesome!
cheers, m8s!

[PISSED_MAC_USER]

This is the WORST CRAP I have ever seen!

Who in the heck makes great software, then goes above and beyond the call of duty, and then includes all their hard work for free to their faithful customers? You guys are making Apple look bad! (Jan itouch paid update) ;)

Seriously, I'm going to go buy a family license now from you just so I can have this on my future macs at the lowest price point. Great work guys, keep up the fine example of how business is supposed to treat its valued customers.

- Mike

[Derek Turner]

Absolutely fantastic!

Thanks

[Chuck Crawford]

Only one comment: I wish I'd discovered 1Password many moons ago. It shines!

[owen nelson]

this did not load exactly as advertised -- i got a bookmarklet labeled '1Password' not '1Password Logins' and it does not log me in to the site correctly. how do i correct this

[Patricia Lee Gregg]

Love the Product - Just great--Now super for Iphone..
One problem I have is I cannot open money.net which I use for my instant stock market quotes. It has a java script but cannot seem to get it to download on the Iphone.

Thanks for the great product

[Roustem Karimov]

@owen nelson

Please try to upgrade to the latest 1Password build:
http://1password.com/dist/1Password-2.5.12.BETA-6.dmg

[luis]

I have 1password but I can't sink it to my iphone, I have tried using the examples but I can't. Any recommendations please!

[cobra75007]

i have a PC. can i not use this? I dont really need to sync. i dont mind going thru the trouble to adding all the pw's once. can i load it thru installer? im sorry, im just a stupid pc user ;-(

[KCJ]

Hi,

May I know how to uninstall the 1password in my iPhone? Thanks