Backing Up Your Keychain
Regular backups are important for all data, but they are critical for your passwords. When starting over after a catastrophe, having your 1Password data backed up will allow you to get back up and running fast.
What to Back up?
The most important thing to back up is your keychain. You can find the location of your keychain in the 1Password > Preferences > Keychain window:
You may also want to back up your settings and license information:
- Your license is kept in your Library > Application Support > 1Password folder.
- Your 1Password preferences are kept in the com.1passwd.plist file in your Library > Preferences folder.
Local Backups
1Password will automatically create backups of your keychain. The frequency and location of these backups can be set in the 1Password > Preferences > Backup window.
If you are using Time Machine or another automatic backup program, you can disable these backups. However, the files are small and if something ever goes wrong, you might appreciate having a secondary backup.
Remote Backups
While important, local backups do not provide any protection from catastrophe such as a hard disk failure. To protect from data loss in such a situation, please perform regular backups to a remote drive.
Restoring a Keychain from Backup
To replace your current keychain with a backup, run the main 1Password application and click File > Restore Keychain from Backup. A window displaying your saved backups will appear; select one and click the Restore Backup button.