SafeCrypt (formerly SkyCrypt) For Mac

Thanks to their capability to reduce the time spent backing up data, or synchronizing devices, numerous cloud storage services have become fairly popular.

SafeCrypt (formerly SkyCrypt) is a small Mac app that offers you the possibility to protect the files you upload to the third party servers by encrypting them with the 256bit AES algorithm.

To make use of the SafeCrypt protection, you must create at least one encrypted volume, which will act as an encrypted gateway. The files you want to protect must be placed inside the virtual volumes: the app will automatically encrypt the data using the user defined key. If the volume is placed in a cloud storage drive, the upload will take place after the encryption, thus keeping your documents safe.

SafeCrypt can work with some of the most well know cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Bitcasa, or Box.com . However, SkyCrypt can also be used to encrypt local folders.

Decrypting the data protected by SafeCrypt is reduced to simply reading the data from the same virtual drive, which means that anyone that has access to the virtual volumes, can view your information.

To eliminate any unauthorized access, SafeCrypt can ask for your administrator’s account password before launching the app’s interface. Moreover, SafeCrypt also provides support for the Google two-factor authentication procedure.

SafeCrypt allows you to create multiple virtual drives and automatically encrypts the contained files using the 256bit AES algorithm. As a result, if you are using online storage solutions, you can protect your data before uploading to third party servers.

The utility can also be used to protect information stored locally, and comes with a well organized user interface and a streamlined setup assistant that makes the configuration process fairly intuitive.