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Encrypt This

drag & drop files/folders to encrypt them to a disk image

Version: 1.01

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Tiger's free Disc Utility

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Contributed by: BeeBop2 Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 11:54 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Recommend Product: NO

Tiger's free Disc Utility (find it in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder) does exactly the same thing. I leave aliases of Disc Utility alongside files I regularly need to encrypt. "Encrypt This" is rather a non starter in its present form. Maybe further features will be included in updates. Until then I prefer to trust Apple and use Disc Utility.

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Tiger's free Disc Utility - nathansheldon

Thank you for your feedback.

Differences and similarities between Disk Utility and Encrypt This:

Disk Utility requires significantly more user interaction. You cannot drag a group of icons to the Disk Utility icon and have it automatically create an encrypted disk image in the same location as the original files. Encrypt This only asks for a pass-phrase when files are dropped onto it, no other action is required.
Encrypt This is an AppleScript, not a stand-alone application. It simply executes Apple's command-line disk utility included in every Mac OS X installation, so the hard work of encryption is done by stock Apple software, not the Encrypt This application.

All feedback is appreciated. Feedback on how Encrypt This specifically works on a particular system is even more useful.

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Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 02:45 PM PDT

Tiger's free Disc Utility - COOLFACTOR

Exactly. Maybe 10.3's Disk Utility doesn't have that capability, but I'd be surprised if it didn't. I never tried.

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Thursday, May 11 2006 @ 08:44 PM PDT