If you use a Mac computer in your small business, you probably have sensitive information and store private data in files and folders on your computer. This data must be organized and protected so the ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malicious files (i.e. phishing "invoices" in emails). But, ...

The zip command provides an easy way to take a group of files and squeeze their content into a single smaller file. To join a group of files into a single file—often done to make copying them to other ...

While Windows doesn't give you the ability to create encrypted ZIP files, software like 7Zip does. If you choose the standard ZIP encryption (weak encryption) when making the ZIP file, then Windows ...

KenWid10 asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum how best to send encrypted information to someone over the Internet. You should never, ever just email credit ...

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Crypto Notepad is free software that helps you create password-protected, encrypted notes on Windows 10. Using this freeware, you can protect your sensitive data in text files from being leaked or ...