Automator action for encrypting/decrypting files

Interested in beefing up security on some of your files or folders, but wary of the consequences if FileVault takes on a mind of its own? This Encrypt and Decrypt Files Automator action might be right up your alley, as it allows you to perform these actions with an algorithm and password. Perfect for fitting into the workflows of even the most security-conscious Mac OS X Tiger users.

The action is free and can be had over at Automator World.

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Interested in beefing up security on some of your files or folders, but wary of the consequences if FileVault takes on a mind of its own?...

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wheels

I'm not the only one who has gigabytes of porn? Huh, I feel normal...

March 23 2006 at 5:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cameron aka desk003

I sure as hell try.

March 23 2006 at 4:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

harsh

Cameron, you might want to try working on finding a gf ;)

March 23 2006 at 4:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cameron aka desk003

Jaques Lema: Ha! Personally I use the first option for my porn. That is, the stuff I take with me. 20 Gigs of it. Have another 30 at home. I need to get more HDs or delete some of it, I think.... Or at least take the time to organize and properly name the stuff.

March 23 2006 at 3:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chuck McGinley

I will be interested in seeing automator support Quicktime's export command for God's sake. The one thing I want to do with it, Import a folder of MPEG4 files and export those to DV for iMovie so that they will edit properly and it does not have an export command. What the......

Chuck

March 23 2006 at 3:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jacques Lema

A good and simple solution is to have a disk image with encryptiong. I have just one rather small .DMG file in which i store all sensitive iinformation (password, registration data).

Of course, for porn I have a dedicated account using FileVault :-)

March 23 2006 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply