- BoxCryptor for Mac OS X 1.2

Content 1. Scope of Service................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 About BoxCryptor .......................................................................................................................... 3

1.2 About this manual ......................................................................................................................... 4

2. Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Installing BoxCryptor ..................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Licensing BoxCryptor Unlimited .................................................................................................... 6

3. Setup and basic functionality .............................................................................................................. 6

3.1 Setting up the first computer ........................................................................................................ 6

3.2 Setting up further computers ........................................................................................................ 8

3.3 Using BoxCryptor ........................................................................................................................... 9

3.4 The BoxCryptor Main Window .................................................................................................... 10

4. Advanced Mode ................................................................................................................................ 11

4.1 New Advanced Settings ............................................................................................................ 11

4.2 Add Advanced Settings ............................................................................................................. 13

4.3 Remove ........................................................................................................................................ 13

4.4 Mount .......................................................................................................................................... 13

4.5 Unmount ..................................................................................................................................... 13

4.6 Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 13

4.7 Multiple Folders .......................................................................................................................... 14

4.8 Advanced Notification Icon options ............................................................................................ 14

5. Contact the support .......................................................................................................................... 15

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1. Scope of Service

1.1 About BoxCryptor

BoxCryptor is an encryption software optimized for cloud storage. With

BoxCryptor you can easily encrypt your data before it is stored in the cloud. To

secure your files, BoxCryptor uses AES-256 standard, which is approved for top

secret documents by the US government1.

BoxCryptor is easy and transparent to use:

BoxCryptor creates a virtual drive and all files stored in this drive are

automatically encrypted and stored. When opening files in the virtual

drive, BoxCryptor decrypts them in real-time so that they are accessible

like any other unencrypted file.

File-by-File encryption:

BoxCryptor works on individual files at a time and not on container files.

That means no need to resize volumes and no problems to synchronize or

backup individual files!

1 http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/documents/aes/CNSS15FS.pdf

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1.2 About this manual

This manual describes how to use BoxCryptor on Mac OS. Unless specified

otherwise, the described functionality always refers to the version of BoxCryptor

indicated in the title.

Mac OS is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of

Linux Foundation.

The terms "Microsoft" and "Windows" used here are registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. For

simplification purposes, this manual refers to the operating systems Microsoft

Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft

Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 and

Microsoft Windows 8 as Windows.

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2. Installation

2.1 Installing BoxCryptor After downloading the BoxCryptor.dmg from our homepage, open the file and

double click on the installation program. It will guide you through the whole

installation process. Make sure you have admin rights on this machine because

we need to install a driver to the system.

1. Create a New Encrypted Folder

An encrypted folder is a regular folder where BoxCryptor will store

encrypted files. Choose the cloud provider of your choice in the setup

wizard, or select a custom path for your folder. Now you can enter a

name for your encrypted folder. Later you can connect your mobile

Devices or other Computers to this direction.

2. Create Password

You can type in the password which should be at least 6 characters

including numbers and symbols. After you have set up everything you

can change your password from the BoxCryptor main window.

IMPORTANT: BoxCryptor is zero-knowledge software and we do not keep

any personal information or passwords, which means that it is absolutely

not possible to restore or reset your password in case you lost it. If you

forget the password the data on the encrypted files will be lost.

3. Congratulations!

Now you have created a new encrypted folder! Simply store your private

files in the corresponding BoxCryptor drive and BoxCryptor will encrypt

your data. IMPORTANT: Make sure to create a backup of your

configuration file - which has the information required for encrypting and

decrypting your data- and keep a copy on a safe place.

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2.2 Licensing BoxCryptor Unlimited

Why should I license BoxCryptor?

With licensing BoxCryptor you are able to enable filename encryption. This

feature will encrypt the names of your files and folder. This adds an extra layer

of security because an attacker wont be able to get information about the

content through the name. Furthermore a licensed version of BoxCryptor will

allow you to have different pairs of encrypted folders and virtual drives running

at the same time. This is useful if you want to share a folder with another

person, but not your private files. Moreover, using the Free BoxCryptor version

in a business context is not allowed.

Licensing

Run BoxCryptor after the installation. You can see the BoxCryptor icon in your system tray. Right click on the BoxCryptor icon and choose Preferences to show the BoxCryptor main menu. If you have already bought a BoxCryptor Unlimited license go to step 5 else start with step 1:

1. Click on Buy Now Online.

2. Your Browser opens and you can choose the Unlimited License you want.

3. Type in your personal information and make sure your email address is

correct. Your license key will be sent to this email.

4. After you have received the email with your BoxCryptor Unlimited license

open the BoxCryptor main menu again and choose Enter Serial Number.

After choosing the correct version and typing in your license key your

BoxCryptor license will be activated.

3. Setup and basic functionality

3.1 Setting up the first computer If you are running BoxCryptor the first time a setup wizard appears and will guide

you through the setup process.

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1. Welcome to BoxCryptor

First of all a new encrypted directory has to be created so choose Create

a new encrypted folder.

2. Create a new encrypted folder in your Magic Briefcase

First you have to choose a location where your new encrypted folder

should be stored. Select a location and choose a name for your folder. All

your encrypted files will be stored there.

3. Create a password

BoxCryptor secures the encrypted files with a password. Here you can type

in a password which should be at least 6 characters including numbers and

symbols.

It is also possible to let BoxCryptor remember your password so you dont

have to type in the password every time BoxCryptor starts.

The bar below the first text field indicates the password strength.

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4. Congratulations

Now your new encrypted folder is created!

3.2 Setting up further computers After you have set up BoxCryptor on your first computer you can now set up

further computers to access your encrypted data from them. First check if the

cloud service has synced the whole BoxCryptor folder to your computer. Now

install BoxCryptor and follow the setup process:

1. Welcome to BoxCryptor

To access your encrypted data you have to choose your already existing

BoxCryptor directory so choose Open an encrypted folder. This will open

a finder window, navigate to Documents -> MySugarSync (if you use

SugarSync, otherwise chose the folder of your cloud storage provider) and

select your previously created BoxCryptor folder.

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2. Enter Password

To access your encrypted data type in the correct password you have

typed in before. You can check Remember this password to let

BoxCryptor remember the password so you dont have to type in the

password every time BoxCryptor starts.

3.3 Using BoxCryptor After setting up BoxCryptor it is very easy to work with encrypted data.

The BoxCryptor drive

BoxCryptor provides a virtual hard drive which is essentially to encrypt and

decrypt your data. Open your finder and youll see it in the devices section

just like a regular external drive. Per default there is also a shortcut placed

on your desktop.

Encrypt data

To encrypt data just save your files and folders in the BoxCryptor drive.

You can also drag and drop files and folders into your BoxCryptor drive.

BoxCryptor will automatically encrypt your data on the fly. After the

Encryption your encrypted data will be synced to the storage provider of

your choice.

Decrypt data

Your files are always securely encrypted and are only be decrypted on your

local machine by using BoxCryptor. Only by using the BoxCryptor drive you

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can see your decrypted data and work with it like any other data on your

pc.

Warning

This process will only work if you use our drive to access your files. It will

fail if you copy files directly to the BoxCryptor folder in your magic

briefcase.

Check if everything is setup correctly

To make sure everything works as expected, create a text file in the

BoxCryptor Drive. It will get encrypted instantly, to check this open the

encrypted folder. Since we treat the folder as a bundle, right click it and

then select show contents. Open the file to see that the content is

encrypted.

3.4 The BoxCryptor Main Window To get access to several settings or to change your encrypted folder you can open

the BoxCryptor Main Window. Right click on the little padlock action bar and

then click preferences.

Enter Serial Number and Buy Now Online

See chapter 2.2 for licensing BoxCryptor.

Mobile Apps

BoxCryptor is also available for Android and iOS devices. To simply

download the right version from your App Store or Market, just scan the

QR-Code.

Change Password

After you have set up your encrypted folder you can change your

password here.

Clear Stored Password

If you have chosen to let BoxCryptor remember your password you can

clear your password here. After that you have to type in your password

the next time you want to open the encrypted folder.

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Advanced

To get access to advanced options (e.g. multiple folders) you can go to

Advanced Mode (see chapter 4).

New

To create a new encrypted folder click here. The setup wizard will open

and guides you through the process. For details you can also see chapter

3.1.

Open

To open an existing encrypted folder click here. The setup wizard will open

and guides you through the process. For details you can also see chapter

3.2.

4. Advanced Mode In Advanced Mode BoxCryptor provides you more options to set up your encrypted drive. With BoxCryptor Unlimited it is also possible to set up multiple encrypted folders and drives.

4.1 New Advanced Settings If you run the wizard for a new encrypted folder you will be able to set up

advanced options at the end of the wizard:

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Label for the BoxCryptor drive

Here you can type in the label of the BoxCryptor drive.

Mount as local disc

BoxCryptor automatically detects if your encrypted folder is stored on a

hard- or network drive and thus creates the virtual drive. To force

BoxCryptor to always mount as hard drive you can check this option.

Mount for all users

If checked BoxCryptor mounts this drive for all users. This is especially

required for some system services like sharing over network and windows

search. These services are run under the SYSTEM user, which has to see

your drive.

Enable filename encryption

If checked BoxCryptor also encrypts your file- and folder names.

Otherwise they will be saved in plain text. This option is only available in

the Unlimited version

Enable Spotlight

If checked BoxCryptor will be automatically mounted as fixed drive and for

all users. This feature will enable the usage of the spotlight search from

Mac OS.

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Enable key validation

By default, BoxCryptor refuses to mount an encrypted directory if the

password provided is not correct. With this option it is possible to disable

this validation and use BoxCryptor with secondary passwords. Users can

then have separate sets of files in the same encrypted folder. Because

BoxCryptor does not display files whose name did not decrypt properly,

only the files for the given password are shown. If you change your

primary password, the secondary ones will not work until the primary

password is the same as before! By default this option is checked.

For experts: Use an alternative configuration file

If you like to store the configuration file outside the encrypted folder you

can check this option and choose the location where to store the

configuration file.

Important: By storing the configuration elsewhere than the root of your

encrypted folder the mobile BoxCryptor apps are no longer supported!

4.2 Add Advanced Settings If you run the wizard for an existing encrypted folder you will be able to set up

advanced options at the end of the wizard, as described in 4.1.

4.3 Remove You can remove encrypted folders from the folder list by clicking here.

Remember that the folders are only deleted from the BoxCryptor folders list and

are still stored in your file system.

4.4 Mount To mount a virtual drive, choose the right encrypted folder and click Mount.

4.5 Unmount To unmount a virtual drive, choose the right encrypted folder and click

Unmount.

4.6 Settings Here you can set several Options.

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Start BoxCryptor on Login

If checked BoxCryptor will automatically start up after the user login.

Check for updates automatically

If checked BoxCryptor will check for updates at each start.

4.7 Multiple Folders With BoxCryptor Unlimited it is possible to handle multiple encrypted folders.

Just create New folders or Add existing folders. BoxCryptor can then mount

all folders within the encrypted folders list.

4.8 Advanced Notification Icon options If BoxCryptor is running in Advanced Mode you can simply unmount a virtual

drive by clicking right on the little BoxCryptor padlock in the notification icons

list and then choose Unmount. You can also instantly unmounts all drives or

open the drives in a new finder window.

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5. Contact the support If any questions remain or there are problems with our software check our

online support or write us an email to support@boxcryptor.com.