1password bookmark options not displaying properly

[dwinograd]

I've been using Powerpack on my Macs for years and never ran into this. 

The 1password bookmark icons are now displaying as if they were windows and not Mac icons. 

I do have Parallels desktop and 1password for both Mac and windows installed but am not running Parallels. 

 

I've never posted here and can't figure out how to attach a screenshot.

The icon looks like the correct program but has two vertical red lines on it which is how Parallels displays a windows program in the docks.

 

Is there a way to correct this?

 

Thanks,

David

 

 

[FroZen_X]

I have 1password only for Mac on here but i have parallels too. If you don't want things from parallels 

to appear in Alfred then go to System Preferences->Spotlight->Privacy and pull there the 1password app from 

parallels inside. The App should be under "/Users/Yourusername/Applications (Parallels)".

Else you have to check where the parallels bookmarks are saved for windows and add that folder.

 

Hope that helps

 

Oh and you can add pictures by uploading them by http://de.tinypic.com/for instance and then click on the little picture icon

while making a comment to attach the picture  

[dwinograd]

Thanks FroZen_X but that doesn't solve the problem. 

I'm not trying to eliminate Windows app bookmarks from Alfred. I'm saying that ALL Mac login bookmarks, like the login to Wells Fargo Bank, shows up looking like it's a Windows item. 

 

Alfred Prefs looks like this (and double thanks for letting me know how to attach a pic):

 

 

I'm sure I screwed up uploading the picture but you can see that the 1password icon at the top is Windows format. I would guess if I could get that to display without the two vertical lines things would be cleared up. 

 

David

[Vero]

Thanks FroZen_X but that doesn't solve the problem. 

I'm not trying to eliminate Windows app bookmarks from Alfred. I'm saying that ALL Mac login bookmarks, like the login to Wells Fargo Bank, shows up looking like it's a Windows item. 

 

Alfred Prefs looks like this (and double thanks for letting me know how to attach a pic):

 

I'm sure I screwed up uploading the picture but you can see that the 1password icon at the top is Windows format. I would guess if I could get that to display without the two vertical lines things would be cleared up. 

 

David

 

 

Alfred asks OS X for the default icon for a given app, so it looks like currently, it's returning the Windows version of 1Password's icon. Perhaps because it's the latest version of 1Password you opened?

 

Parallels will provide documentation to switch off proxy apps (shortcuts to your virtual machine apps within OS X) if you want to remove the Windows 1Password app from appearing on your Mac altogether.

[FroZen_X]

Ah then i misunderstood you, i thought you didn't want windows bookmarks to popup overall.

 

I'd say try out what Vero posted, other than that you could still try out to exclude the windows 1password 

and see if its fixed. After that you readd it. One more way would be to change the icon of the windows version, which wouldn't be that nice tho

Else Andrew and Vero have to change the behaviour and force the icon :/ (if its possible)

[dwinograd]

Actually Parallels won't talk to me at all without dropping a chunk of change. And I haven't opened the Windows version of 1password in at least month while I use the Mac version many times a day. 

 

Any way around this you can think of? Not the biggest of deals but an annoyance.

BTW- I did exclude the Win 1password and it made no difference. 

[deanishe]

Excluding it won't help. Like Vero said, Alfred just asks the system for the icon.

It's something you have to fix at the system level or via Parallels, probably by removing/disabling the proxy app for Parallels for Windows.

You could try re-registering the Mac app with LaunchServices, which may cause it to update the icons:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f "/Applications/1Password 6.app"

You could also try un-registering the Parallels proxy app:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -u /Path/To/1Password/Proxy.app

That's probably not a permanent solution, however.

[dwinograd]

Thanks but can you explain what registering and re-registering is?

Do I paste these commands into terminal or something else. 

I'd like to understand what I'm doing before I get myself into trouble.

 

Thanks,

[deanishe]

Yup, you paste them into Terminal.

LaunchServices is the OS X subsystem that is responsible for tracking which applications are installed and which filetypes they can open.

Parallels does something I consider to be particularly dumb and uses the same names for its proxy applications as the native Mac versions. As a result, they often override the native applications.

Re-registering an application will update its entry in the LaunchServices database. Hopefully, this will lead to the Mac app taking precedence over the Parallels proxy.

De-registering the Parallels proxy app (make sure to adjust the path to the command) should remove it from the database. Don't do this if you ever want to use the windows 1Password from your Mac.

[FroZen_X]

Yup, you paste them into Terminal.

LaunchServices is the OS X subsystem that is responsible for tracking which applications are installed and which filetypes they can open.

Parallels does something I consider to be particularly dumb and uses the same names for its proxy applications as the native Mac versions. As a result, they often override the native applications.

Re-registering an application will update its entry in the LaunchServices database. Hopefully, this will lead to the Mac app taking precedence over the Parallels proxy.

De-registering the Parallels proxy app (make sure to adjust the path to the command) should remove it from the database. Don't do this if you ever want to use the windows 1Password from your Mac.

 

Didn't know about that. Always learn something new

And yeah parallels is doing a few things weird but still better than others out there. Sadly they don't listen much 

to feeback they get :/

Edited May 2, 2016 by FroZen_X

[dwinograd]

I copied in the /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f "/Applications/1Password 6.app"

 

 

line into terminal, rebooted and nothing changed. Not the worst thing in the world but annoying. 

It would be nice if I could find where the bookmarks are kept and maybe change the icon, but that's probably not possible. 

If anyone can think of anything else, I'm game.

 

Thanks for the help people. I'm glad I found this forum!

[deanishe]

It would be nice if I could find where the bookmarks are kept and maybe change the icon, but that's probably not possible.

That isn't how it works. The bookmarks are all in a single JSON file. They have no icons. Alfred asks OS X for the icon for the 1Password application.

Because of Parallels' stupid behaviour (giving VM Windows apps the same name as the native ones), the system sees two 1Password applications and gives Alfred the icon for the wrong one.

The proper solution is to stop Parallels creating a proxy application for the Windows 1Password application.