Quick Note for iPhone Upgraders

Here's a quick tip for people who are upgrading their iPhone: when you restore from backup it doesn't restore your Keychain so you need to re-enter all of your passwords.

You may say "Well, duh Tim! Everyone figures that out fairly quickly!" And yes, you probably put your email and your WiFi passwords back in fairly quickly. If you use MobileMe though, it might not occur to you to go re-enter that password. If you don't then the the iPhone just silently stops syncing. Eventually this will cause you a problem if you think that entering appointments on your phone puts them on your main calendars.

Once you get into the proper screen you'll see that the Password field says "Required" instead of a series of dots, but Calendar or Contacts will NEVER say "Hey, you know we haven't been able to sync for the last week."

1Password on sale

I just got an email about a one day sale on 1Password that is a pretty good deal - over 40% off for today only:

Hello everyone,

I am not sure if you remember but in case you didn't know -- today is my birthday!

It has become a tradition and to stay true to our roots today together with MacZOT we are holding a huge 1-day sale on all our products.

If you do not own a copy of 1Password or know someone who needs it then today is the best day to buy it:

http://agilefolks.com/s/15083762e

I spend most of my waking hours working on and discussing 1Password, so I want you to be part of the festivities! Please enjoy some cake and ice cream with me and enjoy the bargain price too!

Cheers!

--Dave Teare
Now 33-year old Co-author of 1Password
Everyone is Switching to Mac!
http://switchersblog.com

I've been meaning to write about 1Password. I've been using it for a few months and it is a really great application. The basic idea is this: each and every website gets its own strong password (say 20 random characters with numbers and punctuation). So now A ) you aren't using weak dictionary passwords on Amazon or your bank or whatever and B ) if scrubsite.com has their passwords hacked it's not the same password as your Amazon 1-Click. There are toolbars for each of the major browsers to easily input your saved passwords, and the whole shebang is locked in an OS X keychain, behind a single version.

A native iPhone version is promised, but even now there's a trick with a Javascript bookmarklet that lets you store the passwords on your iPhone as well.

I highly recommend 1Password. It does all that password security that you know you *should* do, but can't really bother with in real life. If you don't have it and you're a Mac user, think seriously about taking advantage of this sale!