Mac question -- file encryption?

Factual Questions
1

I have a friend who’s a Mac user and just got a new computer running System 10.2. It doesn’t support file encryption, apparently, and she’s trying to find any freeware or shareware that will help her encrypt files – text files as well as mail messages. She says, “I am not savvy enough to use pgp or Gnupgp or anything else that requires use of a command
line.”

I’m just the messenger here, but if anyone has any suggestions, they will be passed on with great appreciation.

2

File encryption will be built into the OS with the next version, Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

Read more here

For some reason I though that was included in 10.2 (Jaguar), but I guess I was wrong.

3

One more thing -

I’ve fooled around a bit with PGP (though not in a couple years) and I don’t remember it requiring the command line. Pure GUI.

4

What can she do in the meantime? She’s got a personal diary-type file that she does NOT want anyone to have access to. Any suggestions on freeware or shareware?

5

Later versions of free PGP for Windows are GUI now, maybe the Mac one is to.

6

here’s the link, by the way
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html

7

Thanks, Revtim. I’ve passed the info along to her. I told her SDMB would be able to give me an answer for her within the hour, and boy, you guys really didn’t disappoint me! :smiley: