- iCrypt has been discontinued
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Developer
Julien Couthouis
With iCrypt you will be able to crypt your data using an AES algorithm with 256-bit encryption. Just drag and drop files or folders on iCrypt to encrypt or decrypt them. Use on Mac OS X is really easy, moreover self-decrypting files allow you to exchange your data even if your recipient has not installed iCrypt. UNIX compatibility is also provided by the use of ccrypt. This encrypting method is really strong and secure so could be illegal in some countries. Use it in accordance with your local laws.
Main features:
Main features:
- Allows encrypting of files and folders
What's New
Version 1.3:
- Universal Binary.
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With iCrypt you will be able to crypt your data using an AES algorithm with 256-bit encryption. Just drag and drop files or folders on iCrypt to encrypt or decrypt them. Use on Mac OS X is really easy, moreover self-decrypting files allow you to exchange your data even if your recipient has not installed iCrypt. UNIX compatibility is also provided by the use of ccrypt. This encrypting method is really strong and secure so could be illegal in some countries. Use it in accordance with your local laws.
Main features:
Main features:
- Allows encrypting of files and folders
- Folders are compressed via the 'tar' command automagically before being encrypted for space saving and maximum security
- Various settings are available (and Preferences-settable) like removing the source file after encrypting
- You can make self-decrypting files with just one click, which you can share with any Mac OS X user and he will be able to open it without the iCrypt application itself
- The files created do not have a resource fork, so you can happily share the files via the Internet without any loss of data
- Strong encryption using a well-known algorithm (256 bits)
- By the way, the demo version is fully functional
- French localisation
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Moreover, if this is simply a GUI into the freeware (and by me, highly respected) UNIX command-line utility ccrypyt see (< ccrypt.sourceforge.net > how much of the shareware fee accrues to the original freeware developer of the underlying technology?
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Other clarification needed: as I install iCrypt version 1.2, I see in the Finder that the date of the application is 2005. Somewhat strange for a new release of the app in 2009. Or did I miss something here?
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Anonymous reviewed on 08 Jun 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 13 May 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 14 Feb 2005
As an aside, 8 euros is a steep, perhaps not for Europeans, but for us poor Americans with our worthless Monopoly money, that is like $15.
Anonymous reviewed on 17 Dec 2004
Warning -- opens asking for something to encrypt with the option to delete original ticked. Not good for a startup default. Select Preferences first and untick the relevant boxes then set it to open with the default window.
If your extension becomes tar.cpt.1 -- as in a duplicate -- the app doesn't realize the file is its encrypted offspring.
Tab won't send you to the other Confirm [Password] field but to the buttons. Hit Tab again. Not a major problem but this isn't freeware.
Needs a button besides [Cancel] and [OK] to clear dragged item without making the window disappear.
I don't think this supports multiple dragged items. It should, naming it archive.tar.cpt or something by default. It doesn't ... but it'll handle multiple items in a folder. (At least it asks when you are decrypting a file that already exists uncrypted.)
Cancel makes the window disappear into the ether but not forget the dragged item. Click on the docked icon to call it up again -- a bit too weird for me.
Nag delay is 75 seconds for unregistered versions -- 30 seconds would've been better -- but the app is otherwise fully usable. JC, if you want to get money for shareware, don't irritate users. Those that can't pay, won't pay ... until they can, assuming they are still using the app and find it essential. Better be patient and have a non-paying user than a non-user IMHO.
Is it worth 8 Euros? Maybe 10+ Euros once it's polished up, properly preferenced by default, has a history of updates, handles multiple drags, and is better documented; but not the way it stands now. So, how about it JC?
Anonymous reviewed on 04 Aug 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 22 May 2004
If it really creates completely secure files as it claims to (and I have no reason to doubt it does, but I am not a technical guy!), then it is a remarkable and useful tool, meeting all my needs for encrypting files.
Plus support is fast and responsive: I asked three questions and got a precise and clear reply within two hours.