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We always like a good utility here at WWD. But we like it even better when two of our favorite utilities start working well together. That’s the case with 1Password and Dropbox: if you’re storing your passwords (and other confidential information) in 1Password, you can now use Dropbox to keep those passwords synchronized across multiple computers. Here’s how.

I am a big fan of the incredibly useful 1Password. The latest beta release (2.8.3.BETA-11) introduces a new keychain format that, among other things, allows 1Password to detect changes made to the file by other programs and reload the changes on the fly. I am using this now to keep my 1P data synchronized between my work and personal accounts on my machine. Here's what I did

If you adopt this new set of password best practices, using a password manager such as Roboform for Windows or 1Password for the Mac is essential. Both integrate with your browser and let you generate and save complex passwords for each site you visit. You then can retrieve them from the application's encrypted database when you need to log in to a site.

Registering as a member on websites is a pain. Having to remember the passwords to those accounts is even more of a pain. Our video tutorial of 1Password will show how you can securely store your login information and use it to auto-fill forms.

I ended up liking 1Password a lot more than I wanted to; and the form-filling plugins for the desktop web browsers offer significant extra value over the competition. Even though I had already purchased SplashID (ouch!), I also bought, and now use exclusively, 1Password. If you have a MacOSX desktop you need to sync to, or if you don’t need to sync at all regardless of your desktop platform, then 1Password is really your best choice.