You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

Most of us have some rather sensitive files on our PCs. Whether it’s our tax returns, financial records, password lists (seriously, just use a password manager already), or just files you don’t want ...

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If you want to keep your files safe from prying eyes, encryption is your best bet—especially if you are going to store those files in the cloud, where data breaches and other security issues can ...

I have a number of spreadsheets that I use to store sensitive information. Usernames, passwords, etc. These documents are password protected themselves, but if they're anything like "protected" PDFs, ...

Apple has several different encryption tools built into macOS, letting you encrypt your entire Mac or individual files or folders, and in this guide we'll show you how. With encryption, your data gets ...