Both of these will set you back a few dollars, but it’s a good cause.Īnother solution is to use an application like Stuffit Standard or Deluxe to create an archive that has a password. What I haven’t figured out, though, is whether FileVault lets me encrypt a folder and its contents, or whether it’s only for, as the Apple help material says, “encrypting the information in your home folder.”Ī better strategy is to go to VersionTracker and search for ‘encryption’, where you’ll find lots of choices, including notably PuzzlePalace (from Brian Hill, the author of the popular MacJanitor program), and Encryptor from one of my favorite shareware groups, SubRosaSoft. The official Apple way to solve this is to use FileVault, which offers 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard.

However, they might have a Mac, or they might be curious and plug it into a Mac so that isn’t really any sort of solution to the problem… However, I too have the same concerns about losing the drive, and here’s what I’ve been thinking about: first, since I’m using it as a Mac drive, odds are that if were found, it’d be plugged into a PC, which, since I’ve formatted it as a Mac drive, means that the computer will promptly ask if they want to format it for use, which means all of my data was just wiped out without them ever seeing it. 512MB in something no bigger than a pack of gum. I too just bought one of these wonderful little drives and am using it as a keychain.

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