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Simplicity befuddles!

SteveHo
SteveHo Junior Member ✭
edited December 1969 in Knox
:| This is the first app I've encountered that was so simple I didn't understand. I'm not even sure it works. After reading the forum I've concluded all is well and not to worry. that said, I do have one follow up question.



I like the idea of creating a vault thumb drive that I can carry without worrying about losing valuable data. So I create a thumb drive on my iMac. Now what? Can I use the drive on my bosses' PC? How about a Mac, not mine?



Like I say, Knox is so simple as to defy my corrupted geek brain.



Maybe you could complicate it some so we could trust it more(giggle)



Steve
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  • billso
    billso Junior Member ✭
    edited December 1969
    Knox is for Macs only. You can't read your Knox vault on a PC.
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  • binaryeric
    binaryeric Senior Member ✭
    edited December 1969
    [quote name='SteveHo']So I create a thumb drive on my iMac. Now what? Can I use the drive on my bosses' PC? How about a Mac, not mine?[/QUOTE]



    Steve, Knox uses functions that are a built-in part of OS X so you can only read / open Knox vaults on Macs (OS X). If you need cross platform encrypted images you would have to use TrueCrypt / PGP / or another more complicated product.
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  • macpug
    macpug Agile Customer Care ✭
    edited December 1969
    SteveHo, binaryeric is right. Knox is Mac-only because it uses Mac OS X’s encrypted disk images to encrypt your data. This technology is not available on Windows.
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