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Gpg Tools 1.2.2

Gpg Tools Mac OS X graphical interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) utility.

System Requirememts
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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Company Tom Sutcliffe
Version 1.2.2
Post Date May 29, 2009
License Freeware
File Size 276 KB
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Gpg Tools 1.2.2

Mac OS X graphical interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) utility.
Gpg Tools is a Mac OS X graphical interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) utility.

It is freeware and provides approximately the functionality of the old PGPtools.

NOTE: Gpg Tools uses a UNIX tool for encryption and decryption, so using it on mac files with a resource fork may cause the encrypted file to not contain all the information of the original. This is because UNIX tools generally don't understand about resource forks. Most new Mac OS X applications steer clear from resource forks, but not all. Classic applications and files use them much more frequently. Basically, if you can't copy the file successfully with the UNIX 'cp' command, you can't encrypt or sign it properly either. You can work around this by using a tool like DropStuff to MacBinary encode the file before encrypting it.


Main features of Gpg Tools:

  • Allows encryption, signing and decryption of files or the clipboard.
  • Services support to allow Gpg Tools' use in any application (except Classic apps).
  • Support for conventional encryption (rather than public/private keys) to encrypt using just a passphrase.
  • Works alongside any GPG installation - if it works from the command line, Gpg Tools can use it.
  • Recognizes many of the advanced options to be found in gpg's 'options' file - such as 'encrypt-to' and 'default-key'.
  • Easy to use interface modelled on the (now obsolete) PGPtools.
  • Understands Unicode key names, and the 'trusted keys' model.


    Requirements of Gpg Tools:

  • Mac GPG version between 1.0.7 and 1.4.8


    What's New in This Release:

  • Internal changes to stop using deprecated java APIs.
  • Fixed incorrect "Operation failed" dialogs when signing the clipboard and using recent versions of gpg (>1.4.x).
  • Fixed bug in dismissing recipients dialog.

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