While PGP already offers a data encryption solution for the Mac, the latest release adds a pre-boot authentication to the Menlo Park-based company's data encryption offering for Mac's Tiger and ...

Apple computers have a unique boot option called Target Disk Mode which allows access to a system’s hard drives via Firewire cable in older Macs and a Thunderbolt cable in newer models. You access ...

An encrypted disk image perhaps? It may be a little bit of a hassle to mount your image every time you wish to access it, but it's free.

Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac A good way to separate your data is to partition your Mac hard drive. A partition splits your storage into two spaces, like putting a trunk divider in your car. The ...

In my last post, I talked about some of the tools that claim to recover your stolen laptop. This time I want to review another series of tools that can be useful protection as well: doing whole-disk ...