Welcome to Espionage!

Espionage is here to solve the problem of protecting data on Mac OS X. The help topics below will show you how to use it to its full potential.

Basic Usage

• Introduction
• Protecting Folders
• Protecting App Data
• Locking & Unlocking Folders
• Moving & Renaming Folders
• Using the Ignore List
• Backups & Importing Encrypted Folders
• Unprotecting folders and uninstalling Espionage

The Interface

• Main window
• Global menu item
• The password prompt
• Notifications
• Application Template Chooser
• Application Associations
• Advanced Preferences

Example

• Creating a "safe folder"
• Encrypting Microsoft Outlook

FAQ

• Why not use FileVault?
• How is Espionage different from Disk Utility's encrypted disk images?
• Can I use Espionage with an external drive?
• What is encryption and why is it important?
• What are "unencrypted password protected folders"?
• How does Espionage work?