How to create a "secure" password protected USB

In these instructable I will teach you how to make a password protected USB to securely store your files. for example; these will be useful to transport files in your USB that you dont want other people to see or change. these will allso be useful if you want to send some files to somebody in the world by UPS or something like that.

Step 1 Step 1: Make it "secure"

First, go to applications, utilities and open disk utility.
Then, click on "new image" and type in whatever name you want to save it with.
make sure  its set in read/write and in AES 128 bit encriptation.
next, it will ask you for a password, type in your selected password and click "ok".

Comments

[Gernerakos]

I have Ubuntu does it works whit it?

[GASSYPOOTS]

yes it works woth 11.10 and 11.04

[emihackr97]

I know it does, but you need to install someting I still don't know the name of.
sorry, I'll notify you when I know it.

[kyismaster]

its called WINE ( something windows emulator or something)

[emihackr97]

I think WINE is to run windows apps on mac, not mac on linux

[GASSYPOOTS]

wine is a windows emulator for linux

[kyismaster]

But if your trying to Ubuntu < Mac Apps, then I have no clue, sorry. Not even sure it exists, You could possibly try VMware Thinapp, but thats a hit and miss on a mac.

[kyismaster]

no dude, WINE is for windows apps on ubuntu, So lets say i want to use photoshop on ubuntu, i'd use WINE, Bootcamp is for windows on mac. . . . Yessir.

[emihackr97]

WINE is also for windows on mac, I use it; BOOTCAMP is not an app, it's just a disk manager so you can create a partition of your disk to install windows without erasing your whole disk, I use it too.

[wbilgrami]

Where to find Applications folder?

[Jamez Britton]

TrueCrypt works way better than any other "encryption" service that I've ever seen.

[emihackr97]

with windows you can use truecrypt

[jc penny]

hey emi does it work with windows OS as well?

[emihackr97]

Yes, in deed, truecrypt makes a really good encripion software and we know it's unbreakable because it uses AES encryption, wich is aprooved by the US goverment to store Top Secret files.

[frollard]

You may wish to title this ible with the fact that this only works in OS(x). i.e. "how to make/use a secure usb on MacOSX" -- useful info, but only to some people.

[error32]

I only have GNU/Linux, so maybe all computer related instructables ought to be postfixed with an operating system?

[frollard]

Only if its os specific... Doing the above with truecrypt would be os independent, and imo far more secure :)

[northernmagnet]

yeah why cant it be for windows... ha ha ha wait linux mac and a pc all in harmony at my house :P

[frollard]

Like I just said... www.truecrypt.org makes software (free) that is as of yet unbreakable encryption simply because it is so complex.