Comments on: Secure your Mac: Protecting Data

By: dano

dano — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:47:03 +0000

Grandaddy?? As in oldest? Or what?

Web Confidential has been around since 1998, but hasn’t had any significant development since 2003. So 1Password has many more features and is much more useful. (I’m transitioning from WC to 1P.)

By: bob

bob — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:40:26 +0000

true crypt?
http://www.truecrypt.org/

I use it to keep files safe & encrypted. Plus, whatever encrypted files I might put on a thumb drive can be opened on a Windows machine using true crypt, so no matter where I am I have access to them.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:57:52 +0000

Bradly: Mentioned in the post so thanks for commenting without reading.

By: Bradly

Bradly — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:25 +0000

A free and easy way to protect data is to use Apple’s OSX “Disk Utility” located in the Utilities folder. I create a new disk image and click “New Image” and then select the “Encryption” check box. Can select 128 or 256-bit AES encryption. Great way to keep data secure on thumb drives too!

By: MacStories

MacStories — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:34:42 +0000

Great post, I’m gonna save it for my Read it Later evening session!

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:39:22 +0000

I recently purchased 1Password roughly two weeks ago after the thirty day trial, and it’s worth every penny. I use their agile password keychain to sync passwords via Dropbox (if I add a new account password at one computer, it’s automagically synced to the other), and use the password generator to create strong passwords for gmail accounts. My favorite feature happens to lie in Safari, where I can use 1Password to go to and log in different websites in multiple tabs while I’m reading the news. When I’m done, I can go in the other tabs and I’m already logged in with my accounts and forums waiting to be utilized. It’s really cool.

Great article. I’ve had my eye on Espionage for a while in securing my college work and data, so I’ll have to give that trial a run.