OS 10.5 - Encryption Help

kjsimz1103 · kjsimz1103 #1 (**permalink**)

01-07-2009, 06:42 PM

im going to be traveling soon so i want to have my stuff safe. i want to encrypt some files that stay on my portable external hard drive. is this possible by using disk ultility like i do to encrypt things on my internal hard drive. whats the best way to do it? easiest and safest? i just need it to be safe and ask for a password so noone but me can enter or see it. remember its going to be on a external and encrypter. so whats the best way and how
thanks and is it safe to encrypt alot. like about 50-75 gbs

rogerinlondon · rogerinlondon #2 (**permalink**)

01-07-2009, 08:19 PM

You can make an encrypted disk image with Disk Utility and save it on an external drive. If you make it as sparse image, it will only take as much space as the size of the files in the image.

Otherwise, you could use TrueCrypt.

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kjsimz1103 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 5	01-07-2009, 06:42 PM im going to be traveling soon so i want to have my stuff safe. i want to encrypt some files that stay on my portable external hard drive. is this possible by using disk ultility like i do to encrypt things on my internal hard drive. whats the best way to do it? easiest and safest? i just need it to be safe and ask for a password so noone but me can enter or see it. remember its going to be on a external and encrypter. so whats the best way and how thanks and is it safe to encrypt alot. like about 50-75 gbs
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rogerinlondon #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 02, 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 397 Mac Specs: MacPro 2,66GHz 10GB RAM NV 8800GT Cinema 30" * MBP 15" Glossy 2.33 GHz 2 Duo 3GB RAM 160GB HD	01-07-2009, 08:19 PM You can make an encrypted disk image with Disk Utility and save it on an external drive. If you make it as sparse image, it will only take as much space as the size of the files in the image. Otherwise, you could use TrueCrypt.
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