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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: tomorrowman on July 24, 2012, 08:43 pm
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Been trying to install gpg on my mac but the damn thing doesnt want to install. does anyone have a link to a pgp for mac version that works for them?
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Use homebrew to install it: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
$ brew install gpg
Then read this tutorial:
http://www.robertsosinski.com/2008/02/18/working-with-pgp-and-mac-os-x/
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I personally used the GPGTools Installer:
https://www.gpgtools.org/installer/index.html
I am actually in the process of writing a detailed step-by-step tutorial of the installation, configuration, key generation, key import, and encrypting sensitive data for GPGTools (Mac) that includes screenshots of each step. I'll post a link of it here tomorrow...
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thank you guys, i appreciate the help. freaking mac
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Been trying to install gpg on my mac but the damn thing doesnt want to install. does anyone have a link to a pgp for mac version that works for them?
http://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGTools_Installer-trunk.dmg
Once you have installed GPGTools, what you want to do is to go into System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Services.
Scroll down until you find the following entries. Be sure to put a check mark in the boxes to activate each keyboard shortcut.
Keyboard shortcuts:
OpenPGP: Decrypt Selection: Shift-Command-D
OpenPGP: Encrypt Selection: Shift-Command-E
OpenPGP: Import Key from Selection: Shift-Command-I
OpenPGP: Insert My Fingerprint: Shift-Command-F
OpenPGP: Insert My Key: Shift-Command-K
OpenPGP: Sign Selection: Shift-Command-R
OpenPGP: Verify Signature of Selection: Shift-Control-V
Remember, these shortcuts only operate on highlighted or selected text. To select text within TextEdit, use Command-A to highlight the entire document, or use your mouse to selection the section that you want to verify/sign/encrypt/decrypt. It is highly recommended that you use only plain-text, as opposed to Rich Text (.rtf) format. Use Command-, to bring up Preferences and ensure that the plain text radio button is checked.
Also ensure that the following are UNCHECKED in TextEdit preferences: smart quotes, smart dashes, smart links.
Other Commands You May Need:
OpenPGP: Decrypt File: Control-Command-D
OpenPGP: Encrypt File: Control-Command-E
OpenPGP: Sign File: Control-Command-S
OpenPGP: Verify Signature of File: Control-Command-V
Naturally, you can change any of these shortcuts to ones of your own choosing, if you wish.
Guru
So I have Leopard and it seems I only get the Keychain Access right? So I need to use the command File to decode? Any help would be great. The keyboard and mouse are in the same system preference key.
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I understand that GPGTools may not run properly on Leopard... Louis Cyphre has a thread on compiling GPG to run on the Mac. You can find it here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=33577.msg383669#msg383669
As long as the Xcode developer tools are installed (to get the GCC libraries and GNU tools) the process is the same as compiling on Linux or BSD.
Doing a quick search reveals that GPGTools may not run on Leopard; one posting in particular, made about a year ago, cited the fact that no
GPGTools developers were still running Leopard, so patches/updates for the program were not being made.
Yeah, they can be a bit annoying like that.
Now that Mountain Lion has been released, I suspect that Snow Leopard (10.6) will undergo that same slow downhill progression.
Probably.
Now, all that said, Louis did mention finding a version that would run on 10.5, in this posting:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=7753.msg343172#msg343172
As Louis states:
This version should work on OS X 10.5.x (and above):
https://github.com/downloads/GPGTools/GPGTools/GPGTools-20120318.dmg
I believe it is the last version available for 10.5.x, although
advanced users can attempt to compile their own versions of GPG 1.4.x
(I posted instructions on this somewhere around here) or 2.0.x (a
little more difficult).
Yes, but that version is missing most of the features that make GPGTools worthwhile. Things like integration with Finder or Safari and being able to set hotkeys for the various functions. It's really only good for installing GPG 2.0.18 and Keychain Access.
Naturally, I have no way of verifying whether this works or not. Perhaps you could try it and update us on whether it works or not.
In addition to the Linux systems, I've got a system running Leopard. One of these days I'll upgrade it to Snow Leopard, but I really don't like what they've done with Lion and beyond so I'll probably leave it there. Anyway, this is how I know for sure what you can do on Leopard (assuming you have the Apple Xcode developer kit installed).
On an unrelated note. My 500th post, yay! :D