You can use right-click+drag to encrypt or decrypt a file as you're dragging it to a location on your computer. For example, you might want to encrypt a file you're moving to your portable drive or decrypt a file someone has shared with you as you drag it to a folder.
Note: You cannot Drag and Drop a file for encryption to a folder within Ceedo (for example, My Documents).
Using Drag and Drop to Encrypt - To encrypt a file as you're dragging it to a location on your computer:
- Right-click on the unencrypted file and drag it to the desired location. As you drop the file in its new location, a Drag-and-Drop Encryption menu pops up.
- Select Encrypt. The Seagate Encryption window opens.
- Enter and confirm your password and click OK.
Note: If you've already encrypted this file before, the previously encrypted version remains on your computer. You're asked permission to replace the existing version with this more current version. Click Yes. - An encrypted version of the file appears in the new location.
Using Drag and Drop to Decrypt - To decrypt a file as you're dragging it to a location on your computer:
- Right-click on the encrypted file and drag it to the desired location. As you drop the file in its new location, Drag-and-Drop Decryption menu pops up.
- Select Decrypt. The Seagate Decryption window opens.
- Enter your password and click OK.
Note: If an unencrypted file with the same name exists in the location to which you are decrypting, you're asked permission to replace the existing version with this more current version. Click Yes. - A decrypted version of the file appears in the new location.
FreeAgent Drive Flash Videos - Seagate Encryption, Drag-and-Drop Encryption and Decryption
These links are to Flash Videos that shows you how to use FreeAgent Go Tool's Drag-and-Drop Encryption and Decryption.
Click here to launch the movie for Drag-and-Drop Encryption of a File.
Click here to launch the movie for Drag-and-Drop Decryption of a File.
