1. Scope of Service. 1.1 About Boxcryptor Classic

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1 Manual for Mac OS X

2 Content 1. Scope of Service About Boxcryptor Classic About this manual Installation Installing Boxcryptor Classic Licensing Boxcryptor Classic Unlimited Setup and basic functionality Setting up the first computer Setting up further computers Using Boxcryptor Classic The Boxcryptor Classic Main Window Advanced Mode New Advanced Settings Add Advanced Settings Remove Mount Unmount Settings Multiple Folders Advanced Notification Icon options Contact the support... 15

3 1. Scope of Service 1.1 About Boxcryptor Classic Boxcryptor Classic is an encryption software optimized for cloud storage. With Boxcryptor Classic you can easily encrypt your data before it is stored in the cloud. To secure your files, Boxcryptor Classic uses AES- 256 standard, which is approved for top secret documents by the US government 1.! Boxcryptor Classic is easy and transparent to use: Boxcryptor Classic creates a virtual drive and all files stored in this drive are automatically encrypted and stored. When opening files in the virtual drive, Boxcryptor Classic decrypts them in real- time so that they are accessible like any other unencrypted file.! File- by- File encryption: Boxcryptor Classic 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 3

4 1.2 About this manual This manual describes how to use Boxcryptor Classic on Mac OS X. Unless specified otherwise, the described functionality always refers to the version of Boxcryptor Classic 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. 4

5 2. Installation 2.1 Installing Boxcryptor Classic After downloading the Boxcryptor_Classic.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 Classic 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 Classic main window. IMPORTANT: Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic drive and Boxcryptor Classic 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. 5

6 2.2 Licensing Boxcryptor Classic Unlimited Why should I license Boxcryptor Classic? With licensing Boxcryptor Classic 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 won t be able to get information about the content through the name. Furthermore a licensed version of Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic version in a business context is not allowed. Licensing Run Boxcryptor Classic after the installation. You can see the Boxcryptor Classic icon in your system tray. Right click on the Boxcryptor Classic icon and choose Preferences to show the Boxcryptor Classic main menu. If you have already bought a Boxcryptor Classic 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 address is correct. Your license key will be sent to this After you have received the with your Boxcryptor Classic Unlimited license open the Boxcryptor Classic main menu again and choose Enter Serial Number. After choosing the correct version and typing in your license key your Boxcryptor Classic license will be activated. 6

7 3. Setup and basic functionality 3.1 Setting up the first computer If you are running Boxcryptor Classic the first time a setup wizard appears and will guide you through the setup process. 1. Welcome to Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic 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 Classic remember your password so you don t have to type in the password every time Boxcryptor Classic starts. 7

8 The bar below the first text field indicates the password strength. 4. Congratulations Now your new encrypted folder is created! 3.2 Setting up further computers After you have set up Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic folder to your computer. Now install Boxcryptor Classic and follow the setup process: 1. Welcome to Boxcryptor Classic To access your encrypted data you have to choose your already existing Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic folder. 8

9 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 Classic remember the password so you don t have to type in the password every time Boxcryptor Classic starts. 3.3 Using Boxcryptor Classic After setting up Boxcryptor Classic it is very easy to work with encrypted data.! The Boxcryptor Classic drive Boxcryptor Classic provides a virtual hard drive which is essentially to encrypt and decrypt your data. Open your finder and you ll 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 Classic drive. You can also drag and drop files and folders into your Boxcryptor Classic drive. Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic. Only by using the 9

10 Boxcryptor Classic drive you 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 Classic 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 Classic 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 Classic Main Window To get access to several settings or to change your encrypted folder you can open the Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic.! Mobile Apps Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic 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. 10

11 ! 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 Advanced Mode In Advanced Mode Boxcryptor Classic provides you more options to set up your encrypted drive. With Boxcryptor Classic 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: 11

12 ! Label for the Boxcryptor Classic drive Here you can type in the label of the Boxcryptor Classic drive.! Mount as local disc Boxcryptor Classic automatically detects if your encrypted folder is stored on a hard- or network drive and thus creates the virtual drive. To force Boxcryptor Classic to always mount as hard drive you can check this option.! Mount for all users If checked Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic 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 Classic will be automatically mounted as fixed drive and for all users. This feature will enable the usage of the spotlight search from Mac OS. 12

13 ! Enable key validation By default, Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic with secondary passwords. Users can then have separate sets of files in the same encrypted folder. Because Boxcryptor Classic 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 Classic 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 Remove You can remove encrypted folders from the folder list by clicking here. Remember that the folders are only deleted from the Boxcryptor Classic 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. 13

14 ! Start Boxcryptor Classic on Login If checked Boxcryptor Classic will automatically start up after the user login.! Check for updates automatically If checked Boxcryptor Classic will check for updates at each start. 4.7 Multiple Folders With Boxcryptor Classic Unlimited it is possible to handle multiple encrypted folders. Just create New folders or Add existing folders. Boxcryptor Classic can then mount all folders within the encrypted folders list. 4.8 Advanced Notification Icon options If Boxcryptor Classic is running in Advanced Mode you can simply unmount a virtual drive by clicking right on the little Boxcryptor Classic 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. 14

15 5. Contact the support If any questions remain or there are problems with our software check our online support or write us an to 15