truecrypt requires mac os x 10.4 or later

#TRUECRYPT REQUIRES MAC OS X 10.4 OR LATER SERIAL#
#TRUECRYPT REQUIRES MAC OS X 10.4 OR LATER PASSWORD#

#TRUECRYPT REQUIRES MAC OS X 10.4 OR LATER PASSWORD#

Assign a strong password for the master password. The database is encrypted and protected by a master password. 1Password can help you generate strong and unique passwords, and then use them with the click of a mouse. This way you don't need to use an easy to guess, simple password that is the same for all your many accounts (like the name of your cat).

#TRUECRYPT REQUIRES MAC OS X 10.4 OR LATER SERIAL#

Of course this is not particularly high security but it will help prevent accidental snooping of your disk.Ĥ) in System Preferences/Security/General, check the box to turn on 'secure virtual memory' - this encrypts your virtual memory swap files that are written to disk, to prevent someone from recovering data from those off your driveĥ) use 1Password - highly, highly recommended way to easily store all your web passwords, online banking passwords, serial numbers, notes, credit card numbers, 11 herbs and spices recipes :) etc etc. Set your screensaver to turn on after only a short time, to prevent someone from casually accessing your machine when you step away from your desk for a minute. of course this means you need to use a different password!Ģ) turn on File Vault encryption, if you wish (I don't use this, myself)ģ) turn on a screensaver, and in System Preferences/Security/General check the box that says to require a password when the screensaver begins. Make sure you DON'T check the box that says 'remember password in my keychain' - this way if someone guesses/breaks your login password, they can't open your encrypted disk image.

Whenever you double click the encrypted volume, a dialog box will pop up asking you for the password. personal files, work files, email database, etc) I have several such encrypted disk images on my machines each containing various things (e.g. This disk image can be easily moved/copied to another drive or machine, but contents remain encrypted unless you supply the password when you mount it. these disk images will of course automatically unmount whenever you log off. Then store any of your sensitive personal data on this image, and be sure to unmount this disk image when you're not at your computer. sparse image means that even if you configure a 500MB image, it will only actually consume as much actual disk space as it actually contains, up to a max of 500MB, or whatever Here some suggestions to protect your private dataġ) use Disk Utility to create an encrypted disk image volume that you can mount after you've logged in - in Disk Utility, click on 'New Image' then set up, say, a few hundred MB image, with Encryption turned on (either 128bit or 256bit AES encryption), and set image format to 'sparse image'. Sorry for the somewhat unrelated post.I just thought it may be relevant, since we're all on wireless networks these days, and if the intruder can't get on the network at all, he certainly won't be getting into the Macs that are on that network. Obviously wireless encryption should be used as well, and if you're feeling inspired, you can even turn on MAC address security, so that your network won't let computers on that don't have MAC addresses which have been pre-registered with the router. There are ways to find networks which don't broadcast their name and hack them just like any other network, but there are so many wireless networks in any given area that realistically, if it's not in the list, very few will go to the effort of seeking it out.

But if your SSID isn't listed (and must be entered manually on a new computer), your network name will not show up in the list at all.

Basically, the idea is, if your wireless network pops up automatically, it's going to get attention. This isn't specific to Macs, but one effective and simple approach to keeping your data secure is to disable the broadcast of your SSID (wireless network name).

Truecrypt requires mac os x 10.4 or later