Encrypted USB on Mac and XP?

orangezorki · Nov 9, 2012, 05:20 PM

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to encrypt the data on my USB stick that works on both my Macs and on the XP computers at work - where I don't have admin privileges. Any ideas?

David

SandboxGeneral · Nov 9, 2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by orangezorki

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to encrypt the data on my USB stick that works on both my Macs and on the XP computers at work - where I don't have admin privileges. Any ideas?

David

Check out TrueCrypt.

phoenixsan · Nov 9, 2012, 07:22 PM

TrueCrypt is a way to go, as the another poster as stated. But PGP desktop in some versions also permits cross-platform encripting. Sorry to not be able to check out that, tough

orangezorki · Nov 10, 2012, 04:07 PM

Thanks for the replies, but everything I have found shows that Truecrypt needs you to have admin privileges on the XP computer - something I don't have on the work computers. I also looked at the PGP option, but the system requirements only list windows flavours.

Any other ideas?

David

Nov 9, 2012, 05:20 PM	#1
orangezorki macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	Encrypted USB on Mac and XP? Hello, I'm looking for a way to encrypt the data on my USB stick that works on both my Macs and on the XP computers at work - where I don't have admin privileges. Any ideas? David
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phoenixsan macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2012	I think..... TrueCrypt is a way to go, as the another poster as stated. But PGP desktop in some versions also permits cross-platform encripting. Sorry to not be able to check out that, tough __________________ Mac Pro 2010 3.06 Westmere version, 12 Core 64 GB RAM, 4 TB , iPhone 5 (black)
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orangezorki Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	Thanks for the replies, but everything I have found shows that Truecrypt needs you to have admin privileges on the XP computer - something I don't have on the work computers. I also looked at the PGP option, but the system requirements only list windows flavours. Any other ideas? David
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