If you’re a frequent to heavy user of the iPad then you’re very likely to have at least some occasions where you need to login to an online site. Sometimes this may happen when you’re connecting via a public WiFi network. It’s never a great feeling to be entering login information to a bank site or somewhere like Paypal or Amazon or similar sites when you know you’re on an insecure connection.
1Password, the superb password manager app for the iPad, iPhone, and Mac and Windows PCs, has a great solution for these situations – and any others where you want a secure, fast way to login to an important site.
Download the 1Password app first from the App Store. Once installation is done, launch it on your iPad where you will be asked whether you are a new user or existing user. Choose which option best. Get to know 1Password in Safari on your Mac. To save a login, enter your username and password. Then choose Save in 1Password. Select a vault, give the login a title, and add any. Fill logins and other items. Use a suggested password. Create a custom password. Do more with 1Password.
You can use their inline browser to visit the site you need to login to and have your login details autofilled for you – with no typing required. Here’s how:
— You need to have the 1Password app installed for starters of course. You can purchase 1Password for iPad for $9.99, or 1Password Pro, which will run on both iPad and iPhone, for $14.99. 1Password was one of our picks for Best iPad Apps of 2011 and you won’t find a better or more secure password app for the iPad.
— Once you have the app installed, you can login securely via any of your items located in the Logins section of the app. So open the app and tap on the Logins section in the left sidebar.
— Then tap on the individual entry for the site you want to login to, on the right-hand side list.
— Just below the item title you’ll see the website field. To the right of the URL there is a right facing arrow. Tap on that to open the site in 1Password’s inline browser – as indicated on my entry for Amazon.com:
— When the site opens tap on its login or sign-in link, and 1Password should automatically fill in your login credentials (username and password) for you. If it doesn’t, you can give it a nudge by tapping on the world icon towards the top right of the 1Password browser’s toolbar. It should then popup a login item for the site you’re on – tap that and your credentials will be entered.
That’s it. I’ve tested this out with logging in to Amazon, Dropbox, everythingiCafe (my favorite iOS forum) and a few others. It works like a charm and is fast and pleasing to use – as you’re doing everything in one app.
Thanks to David Chartier at the 1Password developers’ Agile Blog for sharing this very cool tip. Here’s some background from that blog post on this feature:
To cut to the chase, we can’t add our spiffy little 1Password button to Mobile Safari because Apple isn’t really feeling the extension vibe on iOS just yet. Have you noticed how you can’t add buttons for Evernote, Instapaper, or any of the other neat tools you can find in the desktop Safari Extensions Gallery? Fortunately, constraint breeds innovation. Since we can’t bring 1Password to Mobile Safari on iPhone and iPad yet, our masterful developer ninjas decided to bring some Safari to 1Password.
If you need to log into a site on your iPhone or iPad, you can, of course:
- manually type the site URL into Mobile Safari
- double-tap your Home button to switch to 1Password
- find the Login item
- tap the password, then tap copy
- double-tap your Home button again to switch back to Safari
- paste the password
- go on about your way
Or you could save yourself some tapping and switching and swiping and just tap the URL of your Login item. Yeah, you read that right: we built a browser right into 1Password for iPhone and iPad.
Happy secure iPad surfing.
Set up AutoFill
Before you can use 1Password to fill and save your information, you’ll need to set up 1Password on your device. Then follow these steps:
- On the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap Passwords > AutoFill Passwords.
- Turn on AutoFill Passwords.
- Select 1Password.
From now on, you’ll be able to fill and save passwords, without ever opening the 1Password app.
Tip
To stop iCloud Keychain from asking to save your passwords, deselect iCloud Keychain. Then you’ll always know passwords are saved in 1Password, without any confusion.
Fill and save passwords
To fill or save a password, visit a website in Safari or open an app, and tap a username or password field. If you have a Login saved for the website or app, you’ll see your username above the keyboard. If not, you’ll see Passwords.
To fill a Login, tap your username above the keyboard. If you have more than one Login for the website or app, tap to choose a different one.
Save a Login
If you already have a username and password for the website, tap , then tap Create Login. Enter your details, then tap Save & Fill.
If you don’t have a username and password for the website, tap , then tap Create Login. Enter a username, then tap Generate New Password to automatically create a strong password. If a website has specific password requirements, tap Show Password Recipe and adjust length, digits, and symbols. When you’re done, tap Save & Fill.
To change where Logins are saved, open 1Password, tap Settings > Vaults > All Vaults > Vault for Saving, and choose a vault.
Get help
AutoFill requires 1Password 7.2 or later.
If you can’t use Touch ID or Face ID with AutoFill, open the 1Password app and enter your Master Password to unlock it.
If you have a Login item in 1Password that doesn’t appear when you try to fill:
- in an app, tap Passwords to see all your Login items and choose the one you want to fill.
- in Safari, you may need to edit the item to make sure its website field matches the website.
If you recently changed an item on another device and the change isn’t appearing when you attempt to fill, open and unlock 1Password to sync your changes.
If you’re an iOS app developer, set up your app’s associated domains.
If you still need help, follow these steps:
- Make sure you have the latest version of iOS
- Make sure you have the latest version of 1Password.
- Make sure that you set up 1Password.
- Make sure that you set up AutoFill.
Learn more
- Use the 1Password extension to fill and save credit cards, addresses, and more
1password Safari Extension Ipad
Next steps
1password Safari Extension Mac
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