One of the more interesting–and less visible–new features in Mountain Lion is the ability to encrypt almost any disk. OS X has long offered the ability to encrypt your startup disk using Apple ...

1. Encrypting a USB Drive on Windows 10 Using BitLocker To Go BitLocker is Microsoft’s disk encryption utility that comes built-in on different Windows versions, including Windows 10.

Encrypt a disk from the Finder This new full-disk encryption feature is well hidden in Mountain Lion.

Want to keep your important files hidden? Here's how to encrypt your entire hard drive with DiskCryptor.

Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

Encrypting a disk means that it can only be mounted by those with the password inside of OS X. It's a great way to ensure that the content is only viewable by certain users.

Disk Utility will prompt you to pick a folder. Select the folder you want to encrypt, name it whatever you want, and choose 256 AES encryption. Disk Utility will prompt you for a password.

How to Encrypt a USB Flash Drive in Disk Utility Before proceeding, make sure you've copied any data on the USB flash drive to a safe location, like your Mac's internal disk.

How to enable encrypted iPhone and iPad backups in Finder on macOS Connect your iPhone or iPad to the Mac using a Lightning or USB-C cable. Open the Finder. Under Locations, select your device. On ...