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MacOS: Passwords/Passphrases
Encrypting Files with a Password/Passphrase
To encrypt a file, choose the file to encrypt and right click. This will produce a pop-up menu. Scroll the the bottom and select PK Protect: Create Archive. |
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| This will produce a new menu that lists the Smartkeys already linked to this PK Protect account. The checkbox next to each Smartkey indicates whether a Smartkey is being used to encrypt a file. A checked box indicates the file is encrypted with a Smartkey, and an unchecked box indicates that the file is not encrypted with a Smartkey. |
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| In order to encrypt your file with a password/passphrase, the check boxes must be unchecked as shown in the picture to the left. |
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| If you choose to encrypt a file with a password/passphrase, uncheck the boxes and enter a passphrase where indicated in the picture to the left. Then select OK. |
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| The file is now encrypted with a passphrase, and can only be decrypted by entering the correct passphrase. |
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Decrypting File with Passphrase
| To decrypt a file with a passphrase, first locate the file on your device. |
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| After finding the file you wish to decrypt, right click the file and navigate to PK Protect: Extract Archive and select it. |
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| This will prompt a pop-up menu that will ask you to enter a passphrase to decrypt the file. |
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| Enter the appropriate passphrase and select OK. |
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| A pop-up message will appear in the top right of your screen indicating that the file has been decrypted. |
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| The newly decrypted file will appear as shown in the picture on the left. |
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