Use Boxcryptor without cloud service?

cypticqs

Can one use Boxcryptor on a local hard drive to encrypt a file on the hard drive and send the encrypted version by email without using a cloud service? I downloaded the trial version but cannot figure out whether this is possible.

Philipp

Hi,

yes, you set any folder or network drive as a Boxcryptor Location.

If you want to share encrypted files you can use our other app, Whisply: www.whisp.ly

Best regards

cypticqs

Aha: Preferences, uncheck the Dropbox location that it found (can only have one location in the free version), then click the plus (+) sign at the bottom, select a folder on the Mac's hard drive.

However, when I encrypt a test Word document in that folder and then right click on that folder to create a Whisply link, I get an error message that Whisply only supports Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. So I used the link you provided and picked Dropbox. Whisply uploaded the file to DB, then offered me an option for emailing the file. I did that and emailed it to myself, then discovered that Safari cannot open Whisply links.

So, it works, but takes some sorting out.

Thanks.