In the land of Winblows XP, one can right-click on a folder, select "Encrypt", and it is quickly encrypted using one's system password. Encryption and decryption are transparent; so for example I encrypted my email files, and they worked just as though they weren't encrypted. When anyone else logged onto my computer, though, they were just gibberish.
I cannot find, anywhere, a similar function for Mac OS X. "File Vault" encrypts the entire account, and makes backing up very difficult. "True Crypt" does the same. MEO makes self-extracting encrypted archives, but one has to extract them every time one wants to use them. Disk Utility makes encrypted images, but one must deliberately open them and close them with every use. So, does anyone know of a transparent, on-the-fly encryption program for Mac? Or is this the first way I have found that OS X is inferior to Winblows? Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
