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  PGP and Mavericks William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> - 2013-11-26 10:17 -0500
    Re: PGP and Mavericks Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-26 08:08 -0800
      Re: PGP and Mavericks Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2013-11-26 09:18 -0800
    Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-26 16:12 +0000
      Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-26 16:19 +0000
        Re: PGP and Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-26 17:24 -0500
          Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-27 03:44 +0000
    Re: PGP and Mavericks David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2013-11-26 12:34 -0600
    Re: PGP and Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-26 17:23 -0500

#52690 — PGP and Mavericks

The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible 
with Mavericks and won't run.

Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?

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#52695

In article <l72e2u$hrk$1@news.albasani.net>,
 William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:

> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible 
> with Mavericks and won't run.
> 
> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?

Wait until they come out with a version of PGP that runs on 10.9.

Or you can downgrade your machine to 10.8. Painful as you have to wipe 
your machine and install from your backups.

Or find a machine that's running 10.8 and PGP and decrypt your flash 
drive.

Not workarounds, really, but the problem with critical system stuff like 
this is that you need to test it before upgrading so you don't get 
caught with "I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to respond in that area."

Here's hoping you have backups of your 10.8 system.

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#52702

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <l72e2u$hrk$1@news.albasani.net>,
>  William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
> 
>> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
>> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible 
>> with Mavericks and won't run.
>>
>> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?
> 
> Wait until they come out with a version of PGP that runs on 10.9.
> 
> Or you can downgrade your machine to 10.8. Painful as you have to wipe 
> your machine and install from your backups.
> 
> Or find a machine that's running 10.8 and PGP and decrypt your flash 
> drive.

Disk space is cheap now.  You could buy an external hard disk and 
install 10.8 on it.  Then you could boot from either as the mood took you.

Paul Magnussen

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#52696

On 2013-11-26, William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible 
> with Mavericks and won't run.
>
> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?

Any of the Mac-compatible GPG variants should do, no? Google is your
friend.

BTW, it's absolutely no surprise that PGP is stagnant. Symantec
purchased it in 2010 and has sqaundered and sabotaged it, as is quite
typical for the company.

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#52699

On 2013-11-26, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2013-11-26, William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
>> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
>> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible 
>> with Mavericks and won't run.
>>
>> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?
>
> Any of the Mac-compatible GPG variants should do, no? Google is your
> friend.
>
> BTW, it's absolutely no surprise that PGP is stagnant. Symantec
> purchased it in 2010 and has sqaundered and sabotaged it, as is quite
> typical for the company.

PGP inventor doesn't use PGP "because it doesn't run well on a Mac"
<http://tinyurl.com/mblyalz>
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/12/pgp-inventor-doesnt-use-pgp-because-it-doesnt-run-well-on-a-m/>

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JR

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#52723

On 2013.11.26, 11:19 , Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2013-11-26, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-11-26, William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
>>> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to
>>> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible
>>> with Mavericks and won't run.
>>>
>>> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?
>>
>> Any of the Mac-compatible GPG variants should do, no? Google is your
>> friend.
>>
>> BTW, it's absolutely no surprise that PGP is stagnant. Symantec
>> purchased it in 2010 and has sqaundered and sabotaged it, as is quite
>> typical for the company.
>
> PGP inventor doesn't use PGP "because it doesn't run well on a Mac"
> <http://tinyurl.com/mblyalz>
> <http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/12/pgp-inventor-doesnt-use-pgp-because-it-doesnt-run-well-on-a-m/>

Phil just needs to trust this
https://gpgtools.org/ instead.

Or run PGP in windows under a virtualizer.

-- 
"The radio was once expected to promote international understanding and 
co-operation;
it has turned out to be a means of insulating one nation from another."
                                                  -George Orwell, 1945

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#52738

On 2013-11-26, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2013.11.26, 11:19 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2013-11-26, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2013-11-26, William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
>>>> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to
>>>> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible
>>>> with Mavericks and won't run.
>>>>
>>>> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?
>>>
>>> Any of the Mac-compatible GPG variants should do, no? Google is your
>>> friend.
>>>
>>> BTW, it's absolutely no surprise that PGP is stagnant. Symantec
>>> purchased it in 2010 and has sqaundered and sabotaged it, as is quite
>>> typical for the company.
>>
>> PGP inventor doesn't use PGP "because it doesn't run well on a Mac"
>> <http://tinyurl.com/mblyalz>
>> <http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/12/pgp-inventor-doesnt-use-pgp-because-it-doesnt-run-well-on-a-m/>
>
> Phil just needs to trust this
> https://gpgtools.org/ instead.
>
> Or run PGP in windows under a virtualizer.

I'm sure he's well aware of the alternatives.

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#52708

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:17 -0500, 
 in article <l72e2u$hrk$1@news.albasani.net>, 
 William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:

> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to 
> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is 
> incompatible with Mavericks and won't run.

> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?

I guess it depends on whether or not you're using PGP WDE (Whole Disk 
Encryption), for your flash drive.  If you are, you'll need a PGP 
installation, capable of dealing with the encrypted disk.  I'm 
currently running PGP 10.2.0.1672 successfully, under OS X 10.9 
(Mavericks).  While not the most current, this is a paid version.  It 
functions quite normally.

If you're dealing with encrypted files, stored on an unencrypted flash 
drive, and you're reasonably comfortable with operating from the 
command line, in Terminal.app, GnuPG and GnuPG2 are available via fink 
and MacPorts; the the MacPorts version is more up to date.  There are 
also a precompiled versions, which include all the ancillary 
libraries and utilities.  See <https://gpgtools.org/>.

HTH.

- -- 
David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com>
 Be kind to animals; kiss a shark.

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Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (Darwin)
Comment: Public Keys: <http://dritz.home.mindspring.com/keys.txt>

iEYEARECAAYFAlKU6c4ACgkQUrwpmRoS3ut7FACgmBw5ONcTramFYAgMpI1hnxMQ
T7UAoIuJQsMBaRC4oCi3K+pyDSrwOJo0
=PGO2
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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#52721

On 2013.11.26, 10:17 , William Munny wrote:
> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to
> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible
> with Mavericks and won't run.
>
> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?

GPGTools was Mavericks (including Apple Mail) ready on the first day. 
That wasn't the case in the past - but they were ahead of the ball this 
time.

https://gpgtools.org/

It is OpenPGP compliant.

-- 
"The radio was once expected to promote international understanding and 
co-operation;
it has turned out to be a means of insulating one nation from another."
                                                  -George Orwell, 1945

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