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Encrypting Files in Mac OS X
By admin | December 7, 2008
This is a video demonstrating how to encrypt files and data in Mac OS X using disk utility. There is also discussion of the differences between a read/write disk image and a sparse image file.
Topics: Disk Imaging |
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
nice, Thanks
I was looking for something like this.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
how i install a dmg file?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Awesome, just what I was looking for.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
i have alot of stuff i need encrypted, is say 50gbs alright to encrypt all in one dmg then save that dmg in like 5 places
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I only have 3 encrypted disk images on my system and the largest of those is around 200 MB. I can’t speak to the integrity of the virtual file system employed in a disk image because I only open my encrypted disks once a month at the most. From my experience, HFS+ is a pretty robust file system and I’ve never encountered any file corruption in 5 years of daily use. If you’re paranoid about corruption occuring, then I would copy the files, create a new image, and re-encrypt just to be safe.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hey man, awesome vid. Is it safe to put up to 4 GB of files in this? Would they corrupt? Thats the last thing I want it to happen.
And is it wise to keep on opening it and closing it every day?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
thanks for the great vid!
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
At last!! Someone who publishes something technical about macs!!! And not get into the whole pc vs mac debate!
Please keep more coming
Sean
December 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
cool…il try it!!