Comments on: OSXCrypt and TrueCrypt afterthoughts http://garrettreid.com/2008/osxcrypt-and-truecrypt-afterthoughts/ Potentially useful stuff Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:11:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bandit http://garrettreid.com/2008/osxcrypt-and-truecrypt-afterthoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Bandit Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:11:43 +0000 http://garrettreid.com/2008/osxcrypt-and-truecrypt-afterthoughts/#comment-289 I have also been searching for a way to encrypt a partition / disk. It amazed me that encrypted image files were native to OS X, but you couldn't encrypt a disk at all. One thing I noticed with TrueCrypt on OS X is the fact that it creates a .dmg file of the encrypted volume and then mounts the .dmg. Next time you mount a volume with TrueCrypt, do a "Right Click -> Get Info" on the volume. You will see the path of the temporary .dmg file. I hope that Mac will support encrypted volumes soon. After all, Windows and Linux already have it. I have also been searching for a way to encrypt a partition / disk. It amazed me that encrypted image files were native to OS X, but you couldn’t encrypt a disk at all.

One thing I noticed with TrueCrypt on OS X is the fact that it creates a .dmg file of the encrypted volume and then mounts the .dmg. Next time you mount a volume with TrueCrypt, do a “Right Click -> Get Info” on the volume. You will see the path of the temporary .dmg file.

I hope that Mac will support encrypted volumes soon. After all, Windows and Linux already have it.

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