A new version seems to be released, 1.25.1 with Safari plugin 1.49.1. Unfortunately this is not yet available via the Apple App Store. Guess we need to wait for Apple to approve this new version, assuming Bitwarden did submit the new version to Apple. It sucks Safari plugins can only be executed from the App Store version of Bitwarden. BigSur, with the latest updates, 11.2.3, Bitwarden fro AppStore, browser integration checked, nothing appears on Safari Prefs. Nothing on customize tool bar. This was all fine until about a week ago. Reported to BW but no response either. Rebooted machine after updates, and discovered the Bitwarden toolbar icon in Safari no longer exists. It is also not shown in the 'Customize toolbar' dialog either. When I opened Safari preferences and looked in the extensions list it showed Bitwarden installed and active. I deactivated and reactivated it but it did not resolve the issue. Bitwarden is a perfectly secure password manager. The service uses an encrypted vault to store all your passwords, protected by a single long master password. Bitwarden also uses zero-knowledge architecture.
Bitwarden Safari extension no longer works with the Bitwarden direct download application
Today I needed to login into a website so I opened Safari and went to open the Bitwarden extension and to my surprise, it wasn’t there. WTF!
Here is whats up: “Due to changes by Apple, Safari limits Web Extension use to only those obtained through Mac App Store downloads. As of the 2021-03-11 Release, users will not be able to use a Bitwarden Safari Extension obtained through a .dmg installation from bitwarden.com/download or any other non-App Store source. ”Safari Web Extension | Bitwarden Help & Support
According to Bitwarden Support Release Notes the Safari App Extension has officially been ported to a Web Extension for use with Safari 14 . Due to changes to Safari, Web Extension use is now limited to only those obtained through Mac App Store download. Release Notes | Bitwarden Help & Support
I unistalled the download version of Bitwarden and installed the Mac App Store version and all is good. A little advance notice on this issue would have been nice.
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