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Leo Laporte chooses 1Password 3 for his MacBreak Weekly Pick

We want to extend a big thanks to Leo Laporte, the brains and voice behind the TWiT Netcast Network, for choosing 1Password 3 as his Pick of the Week in MacBreak Weekly episode 168!

Leo touts a number of features in the upgrade like the new software licenses section, file attachments, Edit in Browser, tags, and others, then says "1Password 3 is easily the best password management utility on the Mac." Who are we to argue with Leo Laporte? Thanks a bunch for the kind words Leo!

This year we're thankful for you: Get 1Password for iPhone for free!

We here at Agile Web Solutions love making great software, but we wouldn't have gotten anywhere without you. Yes you: our customer, there reading this at your office desk, or at home on the couch, on the bus, or while sipping a Caramel Macchiato. 

You are the reason we get to make software. So to celebrate Thanksgiving we want to give thanks to you by giving away 1Password for iPhone and iPod touch. For a week. For free.

Yes, you read that right. 1Password and 1Password Pro are available for free in the iTunes App Store until 12:01am, December 1, 2009. No tricks, no fine print, no strings attached.

You should be able to see these new, Thanksgiving-compatible prices in iTunes now. Of course, with both versions available at the same low price, you have your pick between the standard and pro versions. 1Password Pro contains all the same features as the standard version, as well as a few extra perks like Quick Copy and Paste, more convenient copying of multiple items to paste into Safari (such as a username and a password), and syncing folders from 1Password on the Mac to keep your stuff organized.

1Password Pro is also slated to gain a few more pro-level features over time, including Favorites for quick access to your most-used items and wireless, over-the-air syncing via MobileMe/WebDAV. You can read more about the differences between 1Password and 1Password Pro for iPhone, but if you are at all curious about having a few more perks now and down the road, you might as well download 1Password Pro.

If you are going to switch versions because of this sale (say, you upgrade from the standard version you got a while ago to pro, or vice versa), be sure to follow our instructions on how to switch. Because of the iPhone OS security model, 1Password Pro cannot read data created by the standard edition. Follow that help document, though, and you'll be good to go.

If you do not see these prices yet—as in, you still see the regular prices of $4.99 and $.7.99—Apple's iTunes networking gnomes may still be working their magic, so give it a little time.

But again, Agile Web Solutions customers: thanks. We couldn't have come this far without you.

- Agile Web Solutions staff

1Password 3.0.1 gains support for Camino 2, dragging text files

What, after releasing 1Password 3 barely four days ago you expected us to be resting on our laurels? To be vacationing in the Bahamas? That's just silly talk! There is always work to be done, which is why 1Password 3.0.1 is already waiting for you in the 1Password > Check for Updates menu.

While 3.0.1 isn't nearly the life-altering, mind-bending release that 1Password 3 was, it will hopefully bring smiles to at least a few people's faces. First, support for the recently released Camino 2 has arrived. Plus, Yojimbo users should have an easier time moving over some information, now that you can drag multiple .TXT, .RTF, and .RTFD files into 1Password to create Secure Notes for each one.

Naturally, a number of tweaks and ruthlessly squashed bugs made this release. Search result options, viewing very long passwords, and switching Agile Keychains should all behave properly in 3.0.1, and certain Help menu options that cannot be used while 1Password is locked are now grayed out.

You can see the full changelog before installing if you check for updates, so go get 'em Tiger. Er, Snow Leopard.

1Password 3 Feature Spotlight: Edit in Browser

You're busy. You have stuff to do, your boss or professor has more stuff for you to do, and sometimes the last thing you want to deal with is changing a 1Password Login or updating a Credit Card so you can finish your online shopping and get back to avoiding all that stuff. This is why 1Password 3 takes integration to a whole new level, letting you edit your information in the browser on the fly, without opening 1Password itself.

This new feature, covertly called "Edit in Browser," is exactly what it sounds like: it lets you make changes to your Logins, Credit Cards, and Identities simply from 1Password's browser extension. You can even delete items if the situation calls for it.

You can access Edit in Browser from the 1Password extension, either via the "1P" button in your browser's toolbar, or the 1Password menubar item that you can enable for other supported apps like NetNewsWire. To edit a Login, Credit Card, or Identity, hold the Shift key when mousing over those menus in the 1P button (note for Firefox users: you have to hold Shift before you click the 1P button). You'll see an "Edit" badge appear before each item—click it.

The window that appears is the bread and butter of Edit in Browser (click the image above for a larger view). You have full control to change information, add tags (new!) and attachments (new!), and even customize the security access level of the item. When you're done, simply click "Save Changes" at the bottom right of the Edit in Browser window, and go back on about your business. In and out in record time, and you don't even have to touch the 1Password app.

If you need to delete an item quickly, hold Shift+Option in the 1P button. The "Edit" badge will instead be "Delete," and any item that suffers your mouse click will be moved to 1Password's trash, awaiting its final sentencing. You can also use the "Move to Trash" button from the Edit in Browser window to trash an item.

We hope you enjoy Edit in Browser, and as always, we love to hear your thoughts on new features like this. Be sure to check out the rest of our Feature Spotlight series that goes in-depth on new 1Password 3 features, including iPhone sync, Software Licenses, and 1PasswordAnywhere.

1Password 3 is here!

August 15, 2008	Agile Web Solutions begins dreaming, sketching, and compiling feedback to design 1Password 3. Reviews commence over beers at C4.
March 20, 2009	Private beta testing opens to a small group of passionate forum users.
August 26, 2009	Private beta testing extended to include Snow Leopard users and early purchasers of the upgrade.
October 27, 2009	Beta testing opened to everyone.
November 19, 2009	1Password 3.0 officially ships!

That's right: 1Password 3, our most significant upgrade ever, is finished and ready for the masses. We plugged away at 1Password 3 for over a year and tested extensively with a wonderful beta team. We count over 100 new features, enhancements, tweaks, and elbow-rubs of polish since 1Password 2, but we're sticking with advertising "50" since we figure it's a number people might actually believe. But you can stop taking our word for it and try out the new version for yourself on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Biggest. Upgrade. Ever

Among 1Password 3's killer new features (yes: killer. No running with them, they're sharp) is 1PasswordAnywhere, one of the most-requested to-dos from our active user base. 1PasswordAnywhere allows you to view your 1Password data on-the-go from any other computer—Windows, Mac, Linux, you name it—with a modern browser like Safari or Firefox. Look up a critical password while on Windows at work, or copy that FTP password while on Linux in the school labs. Bam.

There is also a dedicated new Vault category for managing your Software Licenses, topped off with gorgeous application icons and all sorts of custom fields for storing every detail.

Then there's file attachments (which, by the way, get encrypted with all your other information), redesigned iPhone sync with more power and control, editing 1Password items from your browser, tags for every item type, and heaping handfuls of other new features.

The Money Stuff: Licenses, upgrades, and a sale

For folks who already own 1Password, I have good news and good news. The good news is that we have what is probably the most lenient free upgrade window you have ever seen. If you purchased 1Password 2 on or after March 1, 2009 (yes: over eight months ago), you get a free upgrade to 1Password 3. For bonus points: your current license should "just work" in the new version.

The other good news is that if you bought a license for any previous version of 1Password before March 1—even if you got it for mere pennies through a bundle deal like MacHeist—you can take advantage of our Early Bird Discount to upgrade to 1Password 3. During this sale, single user license upgrades are just $19.95, while Family 5-Pack licenses are a mere $29.95. But hurry—the Early Bird Discount ends on Monday, November 30.

For new users who just hopped on the 1Password train, welcome! Please make yourselves comfortable and let us know if we can help. Feel free to try a fully-functioning 1Password 3 demo for 30 days. When you decide that 1Password is the password and identity manager for you, new single licenses are $39.95, and Family 5-Packs are $69.95. Rest assured, we like to take care of our customers, and we answer most requests within 24 hours. We even offer a 30-day money back guarantee if you change your mind, so what have you got to lose? Nothing, that's what.

This new version was a wonderful labor of love over the past year with our ultimate goal always set in the middle of our sights: to make your life both more secure and convenient. We hope you like 1Password 3 as much as we do, because we have a lot more in store.

David Chartier
Chief Media Producer, Agile Web Solutions