I have been using 1Password since October 2007, when the program (then called 1Passwd) was offered as a freebie to MacWorld readers. Other than that, I have no relationship to the program except as a regular user.

Since that time there have been numerous updates, and several features that I wanted to see in the program have since been added. The developers are active in improving it, and it has become increasingly convenient to use.

I used to store credit card, passwords, and other personal information in a word processing file, but no more. Everything like that now goes into 1Password, and I am increasingly relying on it to generate passwords for me. There are some online banking sites that have instituted complicated logon procedures that confound 1Password, but then I just use the program's copy feature, or open up my secure note on the site and copy and paste the password in.

I have never lost any information, never experienced a debilitating crash of the program, nor have I heard of that happening. After using the program for so long, I now have complete confidence in it. Finally, I need to add that the response of the support staff has been excellent. In fact, they have helped me with issues that don't really pertain just to 1Password itself, such as how to recover one's root password, and how to end Mac OS X spell-check underlining (that irritating wiggly red line). Above and beyone the call of duty, that!