The site login seems quite primitive compared to 1Password, only storing a username and password, where 1Password can capture all form elements and store previously used passwords, among other features. But you can’t generate passwords on their own in the Vault window, even though you can in the browser plug-ins. The Vault offers access to site logins, secure notes, and “form fills,” the company’s term for identities that can contain credit-card information, an address, and more. The Mac app is primarily the Vault window, a locally synchronized and updated version of the data stored in your LastPass web account. The new Mac app feels more like a better extension of the plug-ins than a fully freestanding app, but it gets the job done.
(1Password syncs via Dropbox and iCloud Drive, but doesn’t allow access to its encrypted vaults without syncing to a local copy and using its software.) Having direct access with a login increases the “risk surface,” although you can mitigate that with a premium subscription by using one of several two-factor authentication methods it supports, including Yubikey (a USB key generator) and Google Authenticator, to prevent logins without possession of or access to a unique second verification code or device. This has the advantage that you can log into the LastPass website to access passwords anywhere, and the disadvantage that anyone with your credentials can log into the LastPass website to access your passwords anywhere. The central theme of LastPass is accessibility everywhere: your passwords are stored in a local vault on your Mac (or other platforms) and always synced with LastPass’s storehouse. LastPass is a popular solution for iOS, but this is its first official Mac app.
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