The correct steps to upgrade are as follows.
Question: Once PGP Whole Disk Encryption 10.0 is released, will the upgrade change how the system disk appears to the Snow Leopard (Upgrade) installer, such that we can leave the disk encrypted after upgrading to PGP Whole Disk 10.0 or will we need to decrypt our drive, upgrade to Snow Leopard, and then install PGP Whole Disk 10 and re-encrypt?Īnswer: In order to upgrade to Snow Leopard, the disk needs to be decrypted and PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X uninstalled. This feature is on the roadmap for PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS. Question: When are you going to propose the option to add custom info to this screen, so that if my computer is found someone turning it on can actually contact me?Īnswer: Customization of the BootGuard screen for PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Windows managed by PGP Universal Server is currently supported. Although some functionality does work (file encryption does work) there is the possibility of random kernel panics without making substantial modifications to the install. Previous versions of PGP Desktop should not be run on Snow Leopard. The next major release of PGP Desktop for Mac OS will support these functions. can you use it purely for PGP® encrypt/decrypt/sign services that it provides)?Īnswer: Yes. Question: Does PGP Desktop work with Snow Leopard if you use none of the disk encryption features (i.e. Encase provides a mechanism to access a disk - read only when that disk is encrypted with PGP Whole Disk Encryption - after providing necessary authentication credentials. If you are looking for a solution for read-only disk access for forensic analysis then we recommend tools such as Encase from Guidance Software. Question: Is it possible to use PGP Desktop with OS 10.6 and just open (read only access) disk containers created with PGP products? I have PGP products on Windows and Mac Partitions (on the same machine), and just want to access (not save data) into shared files.Īnswer: PGP Whole Disk Encryption does not have a read-only mode, although PGP® Virtual Disk does. Question: What about the support for Apple® Time Machine?Īnswer: Apple Time Machine works seamlessly with PGP Whole Disk Encryption and PGP Desktop for OS X. SuperDuper recently added specific support for PGP Whole Disk Encryption.
Question: Has any progress been made on the Apple-imposed inability to hibernate instead of suspend when the system disk is encrypted?Īnswer: Apple safe sleep (hibernate) works the same as previous releases (no change)Īnswer: Backups are supported using a variety of software including Apple® Time Machine and AppleShirtPocket® SuperDuper. Question: Will the PGP WDE next be updated to support both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernels? For example, you can run Snow Leopard 圆4 and Windows 7 圆4 fully encrypted with PGP Whole Disk Encryption using Bootcamp.
PGP® Whole Disk Encryption's next major release, PGP Desktop 10.0 will have full pre-boot authentication support for Apple® Bootcamp in 10.5, 10.6 and all supported flavors of Windows, including Windows 7 in 圆4.
Question: Will Apple® BootCamp be supported?Īnswer: Yes. PGP Desktop's next major release, PGP Desktop 10.0 will have full support for Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) x32 and 圆4 configurations. Question: Will PGP® Desktop for OS X and PGP® WDE for OS X support the new 64-bit kernel in Snow Leopard?Īnswer: Yes.