Opening and Saving Files Directly in BoxCryptor Drive

RB

I haven't installed BoxCryptor yet; I have a couple questions to see if it will do what I want:

1. Will I be able to save and open files from an app directly in the BoxCryptor drive (like I can in the DropBox folder); or when I save or open a file will I need to do that with a copy of the file that I manually copy to/from the BoxCryptor drive?

2. I've just installed Windows 7 under Boot Camp on a Mac, and found that the drives for both the Mac side and the Windows side are accessible when booting from the other OS. I know that I could use BoxCryptor when booting from the Mac OS if I installed EncFS. But can you tell me whether, if I just install BoxCryptor in the Windows side for now, is there any reason that I could not encrypt files for Dropbox while working on the Mac side by dragging a copy over to the BoxCryptor drive on the Windows side? (I presume that the file wouldn't actually get encrypted and sent to Dropbox until I booted from the Windows side, but that's OK with me for now.)

Thanks!

Boris

Hello RB
1. Yes it is possible to open and save files directly in the BoxCryptor drive! BoxCryptor will set up an own drive which can be used like other drives on your pc. If you want to save a file BoxCryptor will encrypt it on-the-fly and then your file will be synced to Dropbox. To open a file just open it in your BoxCryptor drive like you would do it in a Windows drive.

2. To encrypt and decrypt your files you have to run an instance of BoxCryptor on Windows and an instance of EncFS on Mac. Because your files will be encrypted and decrypted on-the-fly by the running program you have to run the correct instance and can't mix the drives.

Greetings
Boris