Crypt Sync Files 4+

I’ve used the a free file syncing app (Folder Sync) by this developer with good results. But I wanted an option to sync folders one way with out re-adding files from the secondary folder to my primary folder. It seemed like this CryptSync app would add a feature to do that and also encrypt the data on the secondary folder so I purchased it to give it a try.

After trying countless times to make this software work as advertised in a similar way to the Folder Sync app it had not done that. I was able to replicate encryption syncing to another folder (with out consistency) but reversing that process has not been achieved. After sending the developer a message he did promptly return my message with a canned response (to be fair he probable gets many questions daily on how to use this software because in many ways it’s U/I is like no other modern Mac app I have ever used) on how to do this which didn’t work. One way I have been able to unencrypt the .scrt files generated by this app is to run one of those files individually through another app “The Unarchiver”. Since it does not produce one encrypted file but encrypts ever single file in your encrypted folder you can imagine how fun this would be if you had to use it to retrieve your data with this method. There maybe an element of user error on my part but this stuff should “just work”, especially when you are trying to keep your data safe, and it doesn’t.

**Update! After hours of trial and error was able to “reverse encrypt” a folder but after trying to open those files they were corrupted an unusable, GREAT!

TLDR = App doesn’t not just produce a single encrypted file with a few clicks of the mouse that can be easily reversed, be prepared to spend an hour plus trying to figure out how to achieve your goal. Not confidence inspiring as a solution for safely encrypting and retrieving data back-ups.

I purchased this tool hoping for an easy/secure/encrypted backup solution which would be easy to setup and easy to recover my data if necessary. During tests, the filter methods are completely different than any other product on the market and none of them are documented. The developer did return one of my emails to answer this question, but the methods they gave me were documented NO WHERE (not even on their web page), and, when I asked if these details were documented somewhere, they did not return my email. Also, after sync’ing a set of files and encrypting them during the sync, how do you decrypt them? It seems there is no method to do this - you can sync and encrypt, but, if you need to get the data back, there is no method to decrypt. Pretty bad Greenworld….

ORIGINAL: 1 star

Failed to verify the preflight file. It is not signed by Apple.

Get Apple to solve this and it will become 5 stars.

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UPDATE: Problem fixed in 1 day - GREAT response - 5 stars!