Nowadays, the computer has a very important place in everybody’s life, as a personal gadget used for a lot of different things. Everything is digital, and it is stored on a computer’s hard disk or on ...

OS X: Google Drive is finally here, promising awesome Dropbox-like online storage and file syncing—but also the same security and privacy caveats that come with storing information on cloud servers.

Encryption is good for protecting sensitive data you don’t want anyone else to see. If some bad guy nabs your laptop while you’re out at a coffee shop or bar, you can rest assured knowing that the ...

How to encrypt your files and folders on Mac? If you have a Mac from late 2017 or later (with a T2 security chip or Apple silicon), then your system drive contents are encrypted by default. However, ...

Time Machine is Apple’s handy set-and-forget backup solution. While there are other solutions you can use, it makes sense for ...

In last week’s column, I explained the use and benefit (and some of the drawbacks) of turning on full-disk encryption (FDE) with Apple’s built-in FileVault 2. Readers had a few questions—I answered ...

FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information sitting on your ...

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, developer of best-in-class data wiping and data encryption software, has today announced support for Apple’s first own Mac processor. With this update, BCWipe and ...

WellRedApps has introduced DropKey, a new utility for Mac OS X Lion that allows users to encrypt sensitive documents. DropKey uses industry-standard Public-Key Cryptography to quickly encrypt files ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

FileVault encryption can dramatically slow older Macs without dedicated hardware, but disabling it may restore performance on ...