Password protect USB drive for mac and PC

vaughan80 · vaughan80 #1 (**permalink**)

09-12-2008, 07:13 AM

Hi, I had a major panic earlier when I lost my USB stick at work. I managed to retrace my steps and find it. It does have some personal data on there which I do need throughout the day.

I access the stick on my mac and on the works PC's.

Is there an application which will enable me to password protect the USB device without it needing to be installed on the machine and which will work on both mac and PC?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

macgig · macgig #2 (**permalink**)

09-12-2008, 10:28 AM

the apps i've seen that come with some drives are for pc... have not seen one for mac, but there may be some.

sniper01a · sniper01a #3 (**permalink**)

09-12-2008, 10:35 AM

vaughan80 - Look at this site it will show you how to encrypt an area of your USB Key that will require a password under Mac.

Link: http://www.zaphu.com/2008/01/30/how-...loss-or-theft/

technologist · technologist #4 (**permalink**)

09-12-2008, 12:15 PM

http://na.store.pgp.com/desktop_home.html

cwa107 · cwa107 #5 (**permalink**)

09-12-2008, 12:49 PM

http://www.truecrypt.org/

vaughan80 · vaughan80 #6 (**permalink**)

09-14-2008, 07:23 AM

Excellent. Thanks guys, i'll get check them out.

McBie · McBie #7 (**permalink**)

09-14-2008, 08:01 AM

Vaughan,

This one is hardware based encryption ( no software required ), tamper proof, rock solid, water resistant, ....
Works on both OS X and Windows.
Use it all the time and you do not need to worry at all about your information being disclosed once it's on the stick.
Once small thing .... you need to initialise it on a windows based PC once.

https://www.ironkey.com/

Check it out, hope it meets your requirements.

Cheers
McBie

vaughan80 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 14, 2007 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 338 Mac Specs: Macbook - 2.4 ghz intel core duo / 4 gig of ram.	09-12-2008, 07:13 AM Hi, I had a major panic earlier when I lost my USB stick at work. I managed to retrace my steps and find it. It does have some personal data on there which I do need throughout the day. I access the stick on my mac and on the works PC's. Is there an application which will enable me to password protect the USB device without it needing to be installed on the machine and which will work on both mac and PC? Any help would be greatly appreciated. www.lavaphoto.co.uk
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cwa107 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,916 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	09-12-2008, 12:49 PM http://www.truecrypt.org/ Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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vaughan80 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 14, 2007 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 338 Mac Specs: Macbook - 2.4 ghz intel core duo / 4 gig of ram.	09-14-2008, 07:23 AM Excellent. Thanks guys, i'll get check them out. www.lavaphoto.co.uk
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McBie #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 26, 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,836 Mac Specs: 2008 MBP 17" - 10.8.2 & iPad - iOS 5.1	09-14-2008, 08:01 AM Vaughan, This one is hardware based encryption ( no software required ), tamper proof, rock solid, water resistant, .... Works on both OS X and Windows. Use it all the time and you do not need to worry at all about your information being disclosed once it's on the stick. Once small thing .... you need to initialise it on a windows based PC once. https://www.ironkey.com/ Check it out, hope it meets your requirements. Cheers McBie " Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler. " A. Einstein The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude towards the problem. You understand ?
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Member Since: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 486 Mac Specs: 20" Aluminum iMac 2.0 Ghz \| 4 gigs ram \| Snow leopard	09-12-2008, 10:28 AM the apps i've seen that come with some drives are for pc... have not seen one for mac, but there may be some.
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