Review: LastPass for Mac protects your passwords but needs polish<article>
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The gold standard for password vaults on the Mac is
1Password. Now in its fifth major release, 1Password has matured along with its userbase. One of its most stalwart longtime competitors, LastPass, has had
an iOS version, but OS X customers have had to work through browser plug-ins or its website, putting it at a disadvantage.</p><p>
The release of the free
LastPass for Mac puts the two popular secrets-protection packages head to head. And LastPass comes out reasonably well in aspects of the comparison: the two apps carve out different spaces, which will vary in importance by users’ specific security preferences and access needs. But in most respects, LastPass feels unfinished and clunky—a work in progress that works, but needs more work. The Mac version is free. A
$12-per-year subscription adds mobile app synchronization, hardware-based and biometric two-factor login support, and a family-based secure password sharing option.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2889187/review-lastpass-for-mac-protects-your-passwords-but-needs-polish.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Review: LastPass for Mac protects your passwords but needs polish
