After a period of public beta, Intego announced on Tuesday that they are now shipping FileGuard X4. The program stores sensitive data in "virtual safes."
The features onf FileGuard include:
- Industry-standard encryption makes safes unbreakable (128-bit AES)
- Multiple secure virtual safes
- Set a different password for each safe
- Create safes by drag-and-drop, or from the Intego menu
- Safes increase in capacity as the user adds more files
- Open safes by a simple double-click in the Finder
- Send safes by e-mail, or store them on servers or external disks
- Set read and write permissions for safes stored on shared volumes
Advantages over Appleis encrypted DMG files are cited as:
- Chat logs, e-mail folders easily converted to safes
- Create safes by drag-and-drop, or from the Intego menu
- Safes increase in capacity as you add more files
- Change the size of a safe or compress it to save space
- Safe icons indicate their status (open or closed)
- Different safe icons are available to distinguish multiple safes
- Use floating windows to access safes at all times
- Safes can be set to close automatically after a fixed time, or when a Mac is put to sleep
- Safes can be set to use specific mount points
FileGuard X4 is a Universal Application and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. It is priced at US$49.95.
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