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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: skulldrag on October 25, 2012, 03:37 am

Title: pgp on a Mac
Post by: skulldrag on October 25, 2012, 03:37 am
OK, I have tried, everywhere else, im not a complete moron, but I am also not a computer wiz by anymeans, I have seen the amazing tutorial on youtube, and it walked me thru most of it.
I have the program, I can make my own key, my problem, is when I get to the import, once I copy someone else's PGP key, how inthe HELL to I get it to import on my mac.  I dont have anything to save an ASC file, I tried word, and all the different versions, but the PGP would not read the file??

By the way, I have PGPtools for mac, why this small part has to be so damn complicated...any help, even another post someone can point me to would be amazing.  I have the basic concept, and once I can import, the rest seems pretty damn easy considering where I started and the zero knowledge I had before...

Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: pgp on a Mac
Post by: skulldrag on October 25, 2012, 05:44 am
Thanks for the help, it actually appears, that YES I am a moron, and still cant figure it out......

I copied one, went to pgp, and then copied, it said imported, and I can see the key, but am just lost after that...I think I may just use someone elses laptop so I can just follow the easy pgp4win instructions on youtube.

Thanks for trying
Title: Re: pgp on a Mac
Post by: gracevan3569 on October 25, 2012, 05:06 pm
After that?  After that you begin encrypting your message to the person who's key you just imported...

Using Text Editor, type in you message and highlight it
Select "services" and then select "encrypt"
A menu of keys will come up. Select the appropriate key (the one you just imported)
Add you secret key, uncheck add recipient and hit encrypt.

Copy that encryption into a PM to whoever and your off...
Title: Re: pgp on a Mac
Post by: skulldrag on October 26, 2012, 03:37 am
Thank you!! Im sure you realize how much help you where but still!  FUCK YES :)

also, any other mac people using it, you have to go into your settings and turn on all the GPG tools, that REALLLY helps, im a fucking idiot, but feel like I own the world right now.

Thank you again!
Title: Re: pgp on a Mac
Post by: skulldrag on October 26, 2012, 04:15 am
Also, I have never bothered to upgrade to 10.6, which means I did not have the "service" option, which would explain most of my issues, shit SR is getting even more expensive for me!