Free filevault software for mac

FileVault-proof Finder selection to alias list is a workaround for a major FileVault/Finder applescript bug in Panther/Tiger:
When applescripting Apples Finder, it fails to treat FileVault-protected items as regular Finder items - an unbelievable bug in Panthers original FileVault incarnation that sadly survived the move to Tiger. Among several other, often scriptbreaking effects, this causes an applescript to error out whenever it tries to coerce a FileVault-protected item into an AppleScript alias via the Finder. It also breaks many Automators workflows that use the Finder selection as input.
The script offers a "Vanilla AppleScript" way to bypass the Finder when coercing FileVault-protected items into aliases or POSIX items. When run, it converts the full Finder selection into a complete list of aliases, even when the selection contains FileVault-protected items.
FileVaults buggy AppleScript implementation also errors out when the Finder tries to access any regular Finder item property for FileVault-protected items. But by getting to the alias stage as in this script, it becomes possible to call the "info for" command, that luckily also bypasses the Finder and returns many of the Finders regular item properties (like "name", "file type", "kind" and "file creator").
Enhancements:
- Cleans up the crucial finderDocToAlias handler code and adds some tutorial comments.

If you are interested in protecting your documents and folders, Hide Folders is just what you are searching for. With a click you will conceal files and folders with all their contents. The program is simple and natural to use because it works just as you are used to do things everyday with your Mac. With this program you will protect your files avoiding them to be being modified, seen or erased by other users.
Notes about security:
this program uses the standard functionality of the operating system to make folders and files invisible. For the majority of users, any folder of file made invisible becomes inaccessible with standard Finders windows browsing but please be warned that there are some applications that let you open also invisible files and that experienced users could, with particular expertise, gain access to a folder or file made invisible. Whether you need more advanced levels for protecting your data, there are other ways as protecting information on removable media or using Mac OS X FileVault. To learn more about Protecting information on removable media and on Mac OS X FileVault open Mac OS X Finders Help.
Enhancements:
- This release primarily add support for Universal

The 10.4.6 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
- login and authentication in a variety of network environments
- file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing
- network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files
- connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec
- using Bluetooth wireless devices
- searching iWork and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight
- saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory
- creating Automator workflows for iPhoto 6
- synchronizing contacts and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones
- mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates
Enhancements:
- 802.1X login authentication configurations created in Internet Connect can now be used at the Mac OS X login window, too.
- Addresses an issue in which, when at the login window, the computer would not shut down automatically at a time specified in Energy Saver Schedule preferences; for more information, see this article.
- Prevents a potential issue in which Mac OS X might stop responding when trying to log in as a FileVault-protected user if the protected Home image file has been damaged or moved; instead, a "You are unable to log in to the user account (name) at this time." alert message appears.
- Addresses an issue for home directories on AFP servers in which, after failing to burn a disc, an "error -61" alert message would appear when trying to delete the Burn Folder related to the unsuccessful burn.
- If you change your login password at the Login window, you will now be given an opportunity to apply the same change to your default keychain.
- You can now copy folders with files to an SMB-based server instead of only the folder being copied and this alert message appearing: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items."
- Addresses an issue that could prevent MacBook Pro from printing to wireless printers via AppleTalk.
- Improves iDisk (WebDAV file system) performance.
- File and folder names that contain colon or forward slash ( /) characters in the main directory of an iDisk or WebDAV volume no longer cause issues.
- Resolves potential issues that could occur when using automatic proxy configuration (PAC) files.
- Resolves an issue in which Mail could unexpectedly quit when lowering the quote level within a reply message.
- Addresses an issue in which iChat, on an Intel-based Mac with a built-in iSight camera, could sometimes stop displaying video from the iSight camera until the computer was shut down and started up again.
- Dragging a movie clip into iMovie 6 on an Intel-based Mac will no longer potentially cause some of the iMovie window to turn black.
- Disk Utilitys repair permissions feature will no longer report "We are using special permissions for..." messages.
- Updates Calculator so that the percentage button ("%") will no longer divide, under certain circumstances, when you expect it to calculate percentagethis could happen in Mac OS X 10.4.3 through 10.4.5.
- Resolves an issue that could cause Help Viewer to sometimes display a blank window.
- Addresses some issues that could cause DVD Player to unexpectedly quit when playing a movie disc on an Intel-based Mac.
- Terminal windows will no longer fail to open when using the /bin/zsh shell.
- EXIF data is now exported with TIFF images in Aperture.
- Aperture will no longer unexpectedly quit when exporting a file with keywords that contain twelve or more Cyrillic characters.
- Resolves potential issues with several iPhoto Automator actions, such as Import Photos into iPhoto.
- Includes iSync 2.2 which provides support for additional mobile phones. For more information, see iSync 2.2: Read before updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later, or before first sync.
- Resolves an issue in which Blizzard World of Warcraft character graphics could be distorted on an Intel-based Mac with a built-in graphics processor when vertex shaders are enabled.
- The Command-H key combination now hides QuarkXPress 6 as expected when it is the front application.
- Addresses an issue for Aspyr Medias True Crime: The Streets of LA game in which game movies are very dim on Intel-based Macs.
- Addresses an issue for Microsoft Word 2004 in which Word would display a "Word cannot complete the operation because too many files are open" alert message when autosaving a document to a network-based home directory.
- Improves character graphics appearance for Aspyr Medias The Sims House Party when running with Rosetta on an Intel-based Mac.
- Makes Mac OS X aware of United States Daylight Savings Time (DST) changes enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
- Clicking an unmounted iDisk icon in the Save As dialog window of an application running with Rosetta no longer causes the application to stop with a spinning cursor.
- Spotlight is now better able to search the content of older Microsoft Word documents.
- Addresses an issue in which some third-party applications might stop responding or unexpectedly quit when running on an Intel-based Mac if you disconnect or connect a display while the computer is on.
- Addresses potential vnode reference count mismatches that could lead to a kernel panic.
- Addresses USB audio issues for PowerPC Macs; for example, latency is improved.
- Addresses several AppleScript issues, including: Preservation of property values in Script Menu, a potential Bonjour issue with "choose remote application", an invisible "choose application" dialog issue, and improved compatibility with Dashboard widgets and applications.
- Includes recent Apple security updates.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.2 or later
• Camino 0.9, 1.0 or a nightly build of Camino.

This software updates Mac OS X 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.3.6, or 10.3.7 to 10.3.9.

If you have version 10.3.8 use the Delta Update instead.

Delivers improved compatibility and reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” and is recommended for all users.

Improvements include:
- network volumes are now available in the Finder sidebar and Desktop for convenient access
- file sharing and directory services reliability for Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS), PC (SMB/CIFS), PPTP, and wireless networks
- support for NTFS formatted volumes
- reliability of user logins, mounting of home directories in a networked environment, and launch of network applications
- updated PostScript and USB printing
- updated font management
- reliable disc burning and recording functionality
- Bluetooth compatibility for Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse and Bluetooth phones.
- iPods connected via USB 2.0 are now recognized by iTunes and iSync
- updated Open GL technology and ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- updated Address Book, Calculator, Disk Utility, DVD Player, Image Capture, Mail, Preview, Safari, Stickies, and QuickTime applications
- compatibility for third party applications and devices
- additional support for FireWire and USB devices
- FileVault, FireWire 800 and WebDAV improvements from Update 10.3.1
- previous standalone security updates and Bluetooth Update 1.5.1

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Enhancements:
- AutoRecover functions correctly when FileVault is enabled Previously, setting the AutoRecover folder location (Word menu, Preferences command, File Locations) to a location inside a FileVault-protected home folder did not work. This has been fixed. FileVault is an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 128-bit keys that secures your home folder by automatically encrypting the contents. For more information about FileVault, see Apple Help.
- Security is improved when you open a document that has macros Word, Excel, and PowerPoint now support an additional level of security that affects macros that open other Office documents containing macros. You can use the Application.AutomationSecurity property to set the level of security desired. For more information about the Application.AutomationSecurity property, see Knowledge Base (KB) article KB 886633 at http://support.microsoft.com.
- Text changes to the font selected on the Font menu In some cases, a font change did not take effect when you used the Font menu. This happened when the WYSIWYG font and style menus check box was cleared in Preferences (on the Word menu, click Preferences, and then click the General tab) and then the Font menu was used to change the font of text in a document. This problem has been fixed. The text now changes to the font that you select in the Font menu.
- Swiss German proofing tools are correctly detected Previously, the Compatibility Report in Word erroneously reported the following: Swiss German proofing tools are not installed. This problem has been fixed. Text marked as Swiss German text is proofed using the German proofing tools, which are installed by default. The Compatibility Report no longer reports this issue.
- Text selection is improved Previously, when you double-clicked a word to select it, and then dragged the selection to include more words, Word sometimes selected the preceding word in addition to the words you selected. This problem has been fixed. Word no longer selects the word preceding the word you select.

Knox 1.6.4 is launched to be a helpful and comprehensive utility which makes securing your files easier than ever. The only integrated solution for encryption and backup. Create as many encrypted vaults as you want, each with separate passwords. Then schedule automatic backups. You can even reformat USB sticks and external drives as encrypted Knox vaults moving files between Macs has never been so simple and secure.

Knox uses the Mac OS X encrypted disk images feature, the technology behind FileVault, to protect your data. This means that your vaults are encrypted by the U.S. Government's new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit or 128-bit key length.

The AES algorithm is secure, but don't take word for it: even the NSA has found its strength to be sufficient for protecting classified national security information. The implication? Your data will be safe whether it's a rogue kid or a rogue nation going after it. And because the encrypted disk images are supported as standard in Mac OS X, Knox vaults--including whole disks encrypted with Knox--can be opened even without Knox installed.