Quote from: BoxofShapes on October 11, 2012, 02:22 pmHey everyone. So I recently acquired a macbook. I have always used windows, so it is taking me some time to adapt to this new thing. My question is when I am sending a message to someone, how do I have it output the block of letters, to cut and paste, instead of my text file being encrypted as a file, for those who use mac. I am using the GPG keychain Access. Maybe I should use something different? I don't know how this could get any more simple.  I've given a pretty solid effort in looking for the answer but I couldn't find it. I didn't know where to turn except to everyone on here. (because we are all familiar of why this is important :P) I know I am missing something very fundamental and it is driving me crazy!Thank you for anyone's time!Guru to the rescue!IMPORTANT NOTES:a) GPGTools is the software that implements Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG), an open-source PGP-equivalent software package for the Mac. Please see the GPGTools homepage. for more information: https://www.gpgtools.org/b) Whether GPGTools works or not is highly OS-version-dependent -- in other words, it makes a significant difference if you're running Leopard (10.5.x), Snow Leopard (10.6.x), Lion (10.7.x) or Mountain Lion (10.8.x).The two most problematic releases are Leopard and Mountain Lion; Leopard, because it is too old, and Mountain Lion because it is too new.N.B.: Some people have reported success with the latest nightly build and Mountain Lion. c) You would have also discovered that the stock GPGTools installation does not work for everyone. Frequently, to acquire full functionality, one is required to download and install the latest nightly build from the GPGTools site. See: https://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGTools_Installer-latest.dmgAfter that, follow the instructions found in this post: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=32303.msg366929#msg366929d) If you're running Leopard, then for all intents and purposes, you have little recourse bu to use the command-line, if you want to use GPG.For instructions on how to do this, please see the following post: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=35440.msg408632#msg408632e) If you're running Mountain Lion, if the latest nightly build doesn't work, then I'm afraid you're mostly out of luck, unless you can get GPG working from the command line, as referenced by the instructions in item d), above. ============================================================Download and install GPGTools: http://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGTools_Installer-trunk.dmgOnce 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 keyboardshortcut.Keyboard shortcuts:OpenPGP: Decrypt Selection:      Shift-Command-DOpenPGP: Encrypt Selection:      Shift-Command-EOpenPGP: Import Key from Selection:  Shift-Command-IOpenPGP: Insert My Fingerprint:    Shift-Command-FOpenPGP: Insert My Key:        Shift-Command-KOpenPGP: Sign Selection:        Shift-Command-ROpenPGP: Verify Signature of Selection: Shift-Control-VRemember, 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 thesection that you want to verify/sign/encrypt/decrypt. It is highly recommended that you use only plain-text, asopposed to Rich Text (.rtf) format. Use Command-, to bring up Preferences and ensure that the plain text radio buttonis checked.Also ensure that the following are UNCHECKED in TextEdit preferences: smart quotes, smart dashes, smart links.Once your text is highlighted in TextEdit, (by pressing Comand-A) you then encrypt using Shift-Command-E. You willthen be presented with a list of keys to encrypt to, that you have added to your PGP kryringOther Commands You May Need:OpenPGP: Decrypt File:         Control-Command-DOpenPGP: Encrypt File:         Control-Command-EOpenPGP: Sign File:           Control-Command-SOpenPGP: Verify Signature of File:   Control-Command-VNaturally, you can change any of these shortcuts to ones of your own choosing, if you wish.Once you have setup these shortcuts, you can begin using GPG.To encrypt a message to someone using GPG, you first need a copy of the recipient's PGP public key. Many people puta reference to where their PGP public key may be located in their .sig, for example:Guru <Guru@SR>PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg234832#msg234832PGP Key: http://qtt2yl5jocgrk7nu.onion/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x523FCBEE886855CAPGP Key Fingerprint: ADBE 8D80 5F5C 9CBA 9BDB 0F05 523F CBEE 8868 55CAOnce you have located someone's PGP public key, you should copy and paste it into TextEdit. Save the file to a file;you can file the file, import.asc, for example. This saved file will usually be found in the Documents folder.Launch GPG Keychain Access from the Applications folder. click on the Import icon in the upper left hand corner.GPG Keychain Access will then prompt you for the name of the file which contains the key to import. It will usuallyshow you a list of files in the Documents folder. Click on the file named import.asc, and click ok. The PGP publickey will then be imported into your PGP keyring.To encrypt a message to a person, the message must be contained in a TextEdit document. Use Command-A to hightlightthe entire document. Then use Shift-Command-E to encrypt. GPG will pop-up a list of public keys in your PGP keyring.Each key will have a little checkbox beside it which you can check, to select that particular key. If you wereencrypting a message to me, you would put a check in the box beside my PGP key (Guru@SR). When you click on OK,the plaintext (unencrypted) message in TextEdit will be replaced with the encrypted message. You can then copy andpaste the encrypted message to enter it into a form on Silk Road, or anywhere else that it needs to go.To decrypt a message sent to you by other people, you need to copy that message to the clipboard, and paste it intoa TextEdit document. Again use Command-A to highlight all the encrypted message. Then use Shift-Command-D to decryptthe message. If the message is encrypted to your PGP public key, you will be prompted to enter your passphrase. Oncethe correct passphrase has been entered, and you click OK, then the message will be decrypted, and the decrypted textwill be placed in the TextEdit document, replacing the encrypted message that was there previously.