- Off-Migration Guide: Decrypt all Boxcryptor encrypted files
- What happens if Boxcryptor goes out of business?
- Migrate to Boxcryptor for macOS v3.x
- Documentation for Boxcryptor 2.x (Legacy)
- How to Create a Debug Log
- I Cannot Connect to the Boxcryptor Servers
- Use self-signed Certificates for Cloud Provider
- I Cannot Move a File to an Encrypted Folder
- Where can I download Boxcryptor Classic?
- Outdated Clients
- Cannot open some files
- Apple Chip-Support
- What is a FolderKey.bch and a .bclink file
- Recover Account Access if Second Factor (2FA) is Lost
About
Maintenance Window
In order to constantly improve our service and to keep our servers up-to-date, we regularly maintain our infrastructure. Tasks which might have an impact on the availability of our service will be conducted in weekly maintenance windows at the following time:
Every Monday, 00:00 - 02:00 UTC+1 (4pm - 6pm UTC-7)
We do our best to provide a high availability of our service, but during these two hours access to our servers might be degraded and/or even unavailable. Boxcryptor has been designed in such a manner, that access to our servers is not required for the regular usage of our client software. As outlined in our Technical Overview (chapter Why and when Boxcryptor requires an internet connection), only the following actions require an active connection to our servers:
- Creating a Boxcryptor account
- Setting up a new device
- Sharing access to a file or folder
- Account syncing
If you are already signed in with your Boxcryptor account on a device, you are always able to access your encrypted files regardless of your internet connection or availability of our servers.
Changelog
Version 3.12.379 (2022-11-24)
- Improved: Faster encryption and decryption
- Improved: Partially encrypted filenames can be decrypted as well
- Improved: Make all SharePoint Document Libraries accessible
- Improved: Improved warning messages
- Improved: Updated list of non supported file types
- Improved: Dates not available show provider addition date instead of 1677
- Fixed: Several application crashes
- Fixed: Ever-incrementing renames
- Fixed: Encryption required policy not respected
- Fixed: Dropbox "+" signs in filenames get removed
- Fixed: Duplicate files when moving them into folders without permissions
- Fixed: Dropbox shared encrypted filenames could not be renamed
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 3.11.318 (2022-10-17)
- Fixed: Sign in button not working under certain circumstances
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 3.10.314 (2022-10-14)
- Added: Network storage provider
- Improved: Large folder uploads
- Improved: Sign in with local account
- Improved: Better recovery from extension crashes
- Improved: Notification about remote changes when opening Microsoft Office files
- Improved: Local file cache cleanup
- Changed: On deletion, Google Drive files are moved to Google Drive's trash instead of being permanently deleted
- Fixed: OneDrive Personal and Work accounts cannot be added at the same time
- Fixed: Dropbox fails to upload items with plus sign in name
- Fixed: Google Drive files are permanently deleted on removal
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 3.9.264 (2022-09-20)
- Added: Support for .dmg disk image files
- Improved: Better recovery from extension crashes
- Fixed: Handling for various extension errors
- Fixed: Duplicate folders when running into rate limiting while creating large folder structures
- Fixed: Duplicate folder names in Google Drive Shared Drives
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 3.8.254 (2022-09-08)
All new Boxcryptor for macOS. Read more about it in our blog.
Version 2.47.1885 (2022-10-19)
- Added: Compatibility with macOS 13 Ventura
- Added: Support for Google Drive File Provider client
Version 2.46.1667 & 2.46.1668 (2022-03-21)
This version is the last with support for macOS Catalina (10.15) anymore. As this old version is not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update the operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Added: Mitigation for Dropbox on macOS 12.3
- Fixed: Opening online-only files in OneDrive and Box fails on the first attempt
Version 2.45.1654 & 2.45.1655 (2022-03-14)
- Added: Device code two-factor authentication
- Added: Dropbox incompatibility warnings for macOS 12.3
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.44.1601 & 2.44.1602 (2022-01-31)
- Added: Support for OneDrive for Mac v22 with updated Files On-Demand experience
- Added: Support for Box Drive on macOS File Provider Extension mode
- Fixed: Opening PDF files in Adobe Acrobat DC may fail on macOS 12.1
- Changed: Removed path length restriction for Microsoft Excel
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.43.1464 & 2.43.1465 (2021-10-14)
- Fixed: Microsoft Teams private channels are not correctly auto-detected
- Fixed: Multiple mirrored Google Drive accounts are not correctly auto-detected
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v4.2.1
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.42.1436 & 2.42.1437 (2021-09-20)
This version has official support for macOS Monterey (12.0).
This version does not support macOS Mojave (10.14) anymore. As this old version is not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update the operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Added: Support for macOS Monterey 12.0
- Added: Auto-detection for new Google Drive for desktop client
- Changed: Dropped support for macOS Mojave 10.14
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v4.2.0
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.41.1307 & 2.41.1308 (2021-05-31)
- Fixed: Cannot sign in if Google Chrome v91 is the default browser
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.40.1233 & 2.40.1234 (2021-03-29)
This version does not support macOS Sierra (10.12) and macOS High Sierra (10.13) anymore. As these old versions are not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update the operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- New: Microsoft Teams integration
- Changed: Dropped support for macOS Sierra 10.12 and High Sierra 10.13
- Fixed: Google Drive File Stream v45 is not correctly auto-detected
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.39.1119 (2020-12-18)
This version has official support for Apple Silicon M1 chips.
This version only runs on macOS 11 Big Sur. For macOS 10.12 Mojave - 10.15 Catalina, use version 2.38.1090.
- Added: Support for Apple Silicon M1 chips
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v4.0.4
- Changed: Updated OpenSSL to v1.1.1i
- Changed: Removed Chromium Embedded Framework
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.38.1090 (2020-12-01)
This is the latest version for macOS Sierra (10.12) and macOS High Sierra (10.13).
- Reverted: Used space on the Boxcryptor disk includes purgeable space which is actually freed automatically by macOS if more free space is required
Version 2.38.1086 (2020-11-30)
- Fixed: Google Drive File Stream v44.0.10.0 is not correctly auto-detected
- Fixed: Too many SpiderOak ONE locations are auto-detected. Auto-detection is now restricted to the SpiderOak Hive folder
- Fixed: The Boxcryptor disk freezes under certain circumstances when being mounted
- Fixed: Used space on the Boxcryptor disk includes purgeable space which is actually freed automatically by macOS if more free space is required
- Fixed: Offline mode does not work correctly under certain circumstances
- Fixed: macOS 11.1 is identified as an unsupported macOS version
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.37.1043 (2020-11-04)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.36.1042 (2020-10-16)
This version has official support for macOS Big Sur (11.0).
- Added: Support for macOS Big Sur 11.0
- Added: Support for Google Drive shortcuts
- Added: Auto-detection for MagentaCLOUD, CloudMe, SpiderOak, Storegate and Yandex
- Removed: Support for Spotlight (see note below)
- Improved: Compatibility with various backup solutions
- Improved: Symlinks are followed inside the Boxcryptor drive if they target another location
- Changed: Sign out is now part of the account preferences
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.11.2
- Fixed: Administrators could not change permissions to other groups using the Master Key
- Fixed: Local privilege escalation
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Note: We had to temporarily remove support for Spotlight due to new incompatibilities introduced in past macOS updates and which could not yet be resolved. We are very sorry and do our best to bring it back as soon as possible.
Version 2.35.1024 (2020-06-22)
- Fixed: Documents-based apps (e.g. Office Files like Excel or Word) cannot save documents when the Boxcryptor drive is mounted as fixed drive and the apps are not granted Full Disk Access in macOS 10.15 Catalina privacy preferences
- Fixed: "Bad file descriptor" error when appending data to existing files in certain circumstances.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.34.1023 (2020-06-09)
- Added: Support for file names with Unicode 6
- Added: Disable Whisply policy
- Added: Leitz Cloud and Egnyte auto-detection
- Changed: Enforced password length restrictions for local accounts
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.10.5
- Fixed: Files with very long encrypted file names are truncated by iCloud
- Fixed: SharePoint Online auto-detection is broken if the path contains an Umlaut
- Fixed: Strato HiDrive, OwnCloud and NextCloud auto-detection
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.33.1015 (2020-02-24)
- Fixed: Sign in is required on each app start when using Single Sign-On
- Changed: Removed SSL Pinning in favor of certificate transparency
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.32.1010 (2019-12-16)
- Fixed: Incompatibility with Kaspersky Internet Security
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.10.4
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.31.1006 (2019-11-07)
- Fixed: Opening OneDrive online-only files fails
- Improved: Mount resilience on broken macOS systems
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.30.1004 (2019-10-07)
- Fixed: Crash on macOS 10.12 when removing a location
- Improved: Connection to Microsoft OneDrive
Version 2.29.1001 (2019-09-25)
This version has official support for macOS Catalina (10.15).
This version does not support Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) anymore. As this old version is not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update the operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Added: Official support for macOS Catalina (10.15)
- Removed: Support for Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11)
- Fixed: Reopening Word document fails if it has been externally modified in between
- Fixed: Excel cannot save files with square brackets in path
- Changed: Updated Chromium Embedded Framework to v75.1.14
- Changed: Updated BCFS to 3.10.3
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.28.995 (2019-07-10)
- Added: French, Spanish and Italian localization
- Added: SharePoint Online & 2019 auto-detection
- Added: Apple Notarization Support
- Changed: Updated Chromium Embedded Framework to v73.1.12
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.10.1
- Fixed: Memory leak when running for a very long time
- Fixed: Very long encrypted filenames are not synced by Google Drive
- Fixed: Opening encrypted online-only files sometimes fails in Google Drive File Stream
- Fixed: Spotlight triggers on-demand file downloads
- Removed: Group Management (now available at boxcryptor.com)
- Removed: Edit Account (now available at boxcryptor.com)
- Removed: Master Key Generation (now available at boxcryptor.com)
- Removed: Cuda Drive (service does not exist anymore)
- Removed: Cubby support (service does not exist anymore)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.27.977 (2018-12-18)
- Added: Chromium Embedded Framework and replaced Safari WebView
- Added: Support for OneDrive On-Demand Files
- Improved: Faster sign-in and application start
- Fixed: Copying files with access control lists can fail
- Fixed: Copying application bundles to Google Drive File Stream can fail
- Fixed: Saving files with Excel to Google Drive File Stream can fail
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.26.964 (2018-09-06)
This version has official support for macOS Mojave (10.14).
This version does not support Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) anymore. As this old version is not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update the operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Added: Official support for macOS Mojave (10.14)
- Removed: Support for Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10)
- Fixed: Boxcryptor crashes if Google Drive File Stream version 27.1.29.1732 is installed (can also result in "Mounting the Boxcryptor disk failed" errors)
Version 2.25.954 (2018-07-31)
- Added: Experimental support for macOS Mojave (10.14)
- Fixed: Cannot start on macOS 10.10
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.8.2
Version 2.24.941 (2018-06-14)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.23.939 (2018-05-24)
- Updated: Privacy Policy
- Fixed: Google Drive File Stream
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.22.933 (2018-04-19)
- New: Multi-threaded filesystem
- Added: Russian localization
- Added: Dropbox Team Spaces support
- Added: Compatibility with VirusBarrier v10.9.16 or newer
- Fixed: Standalone OneDrive app is not auto-detected
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.21.923 (2018-02-28)
- Fixed: Opening files can fail with Google Drive File Stream version 25.157.172.2329 and newer
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.20.918 (2018-02-13)
- New: ownCloud and Nextcloud auto-detection
- Updated: Certificates used for certificate pinning
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.19.907 (2017-12-13)
- Fixed: Too eagerly added some German texts which should be English.
Version 2.18.902 (2017-12-12)
- New: German localization
- Fixed: Wrong offline notification when adding a file to Google Drive File Stream in some cases
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.17.892 (2017-11-23)
- New: Google Drive File Stream support
- New: Encryption Required policy
- Changed: Updated OpenSSL to v1.0.2m
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.16.880 (880) (2017-10-09)
- Fixed: Volume could not be mounted on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- Fixed: "Finder integration missing" notification wrongly shown on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- Fixed: Login failed under certain conditions on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.7.1
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.15.875 (875) (2017-09-25)
This version has official support for macOS High Sierra (10.13).
- New: Official support for macOS High Sierra (10.13)
- Added: "Apply to All" option when creating files or folders in unencrypted folders
- Improved: Compatibility with Arq backup software
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.7.0
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.14.867 (867) (2017-08-28)
- New: Box Drive support
- New: Strato HiDrive auto-detection
- New: Nutstore auto-detection
- New: Disallow to manage permissions policy
- Improved: macOS 10.13 High Sierra support (experimental)
- Improved: Compatibility with Carbon Copy Cloner
- Improved: Automatic login to Whisply when using "Create Whisply Link" feature
- Changed: Boxcryptor drive is marked as case insensitive to properly reflect the already existing behavior
- Changed: Updated BCFS to v3.6.2
- Fixed: OneDrive and Google Drive Whisply link generation
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.13.845 (845) (2017-06-20)
This version has experimental support for macOS High Sierra (10.13).
- New: Support for custom certificate pinning allowing to use Boxcryptor in networks with SSL interception performed by e.g. anti-virus software or proxy servers
- New: Experimental support for macOS High Sierra (10.13)
- New: OneDrive for Business Germany support
Version 2.12.843 (843) (2017-01-06)
This version does not support OS X 10.9 Mavericks anymore. As this old version is not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update their operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Improved: Migrated to Dropbox API v2
- Fixed: Files or folders with names having certain asian characters at the beginning are not shown in the Boxcryptor drive
- Major redesign of the user interface for creating accounts and signing in
- Minor fixes and improvements
Version 2.11.828 (828) (2017-04-25)
- Fixed: Password protection has always been enabled after upgrading from a previous version (Tip: You can disable password protection in Preferences -> Security at any time.)
- Fixed: Internal RednifManager helper crashed when starting or quitting Boxcryptor
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.10.820 (820) (2017-04-19)
- Added: Additional TouchID, PIN protection and reworked password protection
- Added: Support for Whisply with OneDrive for Business
- Fixed: Creating Whisply links for Google Drive sometimes failed
- Fixed: Trash does not work on non-default macOS user accounts
- Fixed: Mount could fail for macOS user accounts within Active Directory environments
- Fixed: Offline login did not work for users with many groups
- Fixed: Occasional "File not found" error when encrypting an existing folder
- Changed: Moved encryption preferences from "Advanced -> Encryption" to new "Security" tab
- Changed: Upgraded BCFS to v3.5.8
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.8.800 (800) (2017-03-20)
- Added: Support for Dropbox Smart Sync
- Added: Plaintext overlay icon
- Fixed: Bulk operations (e.g. Manage Permissions) did not handle filename encrypted files or folders with "Umlaute" correctly
- Fixed: Sometimes temporary folders were not deleted when saving a file in MS Office 2016
- Fixed: Saving an encrypted MS Office 2016 file in an unencrypted folder could remove encryption (to avoid any such situation, it is always recommended to store encrypted files within an encrypted folder)
- Fixed: Boxcryptor drive did freeze under certain circumstances
- Changed: Upgraded BCFS to v3.5.6
- Changed: New provisioning profile valid until 2035
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.7.778 (778) (2016-11-12)
- Updated: Certificates used for certificate pinning
- Fixed: File handle leak when managing permissions
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.6.775 (775) (2016-11-07)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.5.774 (774) (2016-10-31)
- Added: Filename encryption can be enabled or disabled on existing folders. (Right-click -> Boxcryptor -> Enable/Disable filename encryption)
- Added: Check and fix Boxcryptor permissions directly via the Manage Permissions Window
- Added: Duplicate file hiding resolving to automatically rename files and folders hiding other items
- Added: Referral attribution when the referred user creates his account with Boxcryptor for macOS (by reading the default's browsers cookies for boxcryptor.com)
- Fixed: Preferences screen is not always correctly updated on remote changes
- Changed: The Patch number has been removed from the versioning scheme so that it has been changed from Major.Minor.Patch (Build) to Major.Minor.Build (Build). New releases will always increment the Minor number instead of the Patch number.
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.4.403 (768) (2016-09-28)
- Fixed: Trash and Spotlight did sometimes not work in v2.4.401.758
- Fixed: Various app crashes on 10.12 Sierra
- Changed: Upgraded BCFS to v3.5.2
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.4.401 (758) (2016-09-22)
This version does not support OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion anymore. As these old versions are not supported by Apple anymore, we recommend affected users to update their operating system to a newer version as soon as possible in order to stay safe.
- Added: macOS 10.12 Sierra support (official)
- Fixed: Automatic detection of OneDrive did not always work correctly
- Changed: Upgraded BCFS to v3.5.1
- Changed: Dropped support for OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.3.405 (746) (2016-08-05)
- Fixed: Spotlight does not include results from Boxcryptor drive in v2.3 versions.
- Improved: Reliability of Finder extension
- Changed: Upgraded BCFS to v3.4.1
- Changed: Due to unexpected issues with Spotlight, the Boxcryptor drive is again mounted under /Volumes instead of the home directory. The new mountpoint is /Volumes/Secomba/{USERNAME}/Boxcryptor where {USERNAME} is the currently logged in macOS username. By default, a symlink is created from ~/Boxcryptor to the new mountpoint and it is recommended to only reference the ~/Boxcryptor symlink in custom scripts to be independent from future mountpoint changes.
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.3.403 (737) (2016-07-21)
- Added: Granting and revoking group ownership by right-clicking on a group member
- Fixed: Missing "Do you want to encrypt" dialog on copying or moving files to an unencrypted folder
- Fixed: Cannot create a Whisply link in OneDrive
- Various other bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.3.401 (733) (2016-07-07)
- Added: Whisply integration
Transfer files securely end-to-end encrypted in Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive with a simple link. - Added: Icon overlays
Encrypted files and folders are no longer marked with a green tag but instead have icon overlays. - Added: Support for multiple operating system users
Boxcryptor is now mounted in the user's home folder so that it can now be used by every user on a Mac and is not limited to a single user anymore. - Added: macOS 10.12 Sierra support (experimental)
Secure your data on Apple's latest operating system - Improved: Faster sign in
- Improved: No internet connection required to work in folders shared permissions
- Improved: Updated to BCFS v3.4.0
- Changed: Boxcryptor now mounts at ~/Boxcryptor instead of /Volumes/Boxcryptor. If you want to keep old paths, you can manually create a symlink from /Volumes/Boxcryptor to ~/Boxcryptor. (UPDATE 08/05/2016: This change had to be partially reverted in v2.3.405 due to unexpected issues with Spotlight. The new mountpoint is now /Volumes/Secomba/{USERNAME}/Boxcryptor)
The v2.3.x versions will be the last versions with Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 support. They are not actively supported by Apple anymore and we strongly encourage every user who is still using any of these old, unsecure operating systems to upgrade to a newer, secure version.
Version 2.1.467 (718) (2016-02-12)
- Added: Hidden preference "disableAccessControlLists" in order to disable the newly introduced support for Access Control Lists (ACLs) which could give a small performance boost if they are not required.
- Fixed: Sporadic deadlock when accessing ACLs on a symlink whose target is located on the Boxcryptor drive
- Fixed: Sporadic deadlock when setting attributes on a symlink whose target is located on the Boxcryptor drive
- Fixed: If a folder contains an item with a filename represented by more than 255 bytes, also other items are possibly not shown in the Boxcryptor drive. Now only the affected item is not shown but all other items are displayed correctly. In order to show the affected item, shorten its original filename.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.465 (708) (2016-01-25)
- Fixed: Cannot remove an ACL from a file or folder.
- Improved: Updated BCFS to v3.1.0
- Improved: Updated OpenSSL to v1.0.2e
Version 2.1.463 (707) (2016-01-18)
- Added: Auto-detection for the next generation OneDrive for Business sync client.
- Added: Support for Access Control Lists (ACLs).
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.461 (704) (2015-12-16)
- Added: Auto-detection for LiveDrive.
- Added: Support for email addresses with gTLDs.
- Removed: Auto-detection for Wuala.
- Fixed: The file name of an encrypted Office document does not keep its encryption setting if the document is saved within a plain text folder.
- Fixed: Changing the case of a file or folder name deletes it under certain circumstances.
- Fixed: LiveDrive syncing causes Boxcryptor to create lots of files.
- Fixed: Cannot save a Office document when the path exceeds 255 characters.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.459 (701) (2015-11-16)
- Changed: When renaming a plaintext file/folder in an encrypted folder, it is not being encrypted anymore.
- Improved: Reduced memory usage when reading/writing whole files (e.g. using Encrypt/Decrypt with Boxcryptor in the context menu).
- Improved: Updated BCFS to v3.0.9
- Fixed: When getting the value of the extended attribute com.apple.ResourceFork the position parameter was not used correctly.
- Fixed: Reading the last file block did not always return the correct last 16 bytes when it was a full block.
- Fixed: Cannot checkout a repository via Git
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.457 (697) (2015-10-28)
- Added: Hidden preference "autoDetectRemovableDrives" in order to disable the auto-detection of removable drives
- Fixed: Do not auto-detected mounted disk images as removable drives
- Improved: Updated BCFS to v3.0.8
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.455 (695) (2015-10-23)
- Fixed: Boxcryptor drive does not open if the system user account is connected to an Active Directory
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.453 (692) (2015-10-15)
- Changed: Trash is automatically emptied when the user disables the Trash.
- Fixed: Mounting timed out because the network destination of an alias on the Desktop is not available and cannot be resolved in the given time.
- Fixed: File descriptors leak when trying to access encrypted files without permissions.
- Fixed: Files with encrypted filenames which contain decomposed UTF-8 characters cannot be accessed.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.451 (688) (2015-10-07)
- Fixed: High CPU load and unusable Boxcryptor drive on OS X 10.11 El Capitan when Path Finder is running
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.449 (685) (2015-09-24)
- Added: Support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- Added: Support for App Transport Security
- Improved: Better support for new gTLDs
- Improved: Updated BCFS to v3.0.6
- Fixed: Rsync failed if the source folder contained Apple double files
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.447 (677) (2015-08-18)
- Added: Auto-detection for Copy.com Sync and Copy.com CudaDRIVE.
- Improved: Boxcryptor drive aliases on the Desktop and Finder can now be removed without having to modify a hidden preference. When any of these aliases is deleted or removed, you will be asked if it should be recreated, or not.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.445 (674) (2015-07-10)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.443 (672) (2015-07-02)
- Added: Preliminary support for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (beta)
- Added: Auto-detection for removable devices (e.g. usb flash drives)
- Fixed: Minimized impact of OS X XARA keychain vulnerability by always re-creating keychain items instead of updating existing items.
- Fixed: Finder can't open Excel documents on network locations in some cases.
- Fixed: Deadlock of the Boxcryptor disk when running an executable from the disk.
- Improved: Updated BCFS 3.0.4
Version 2.1.441 (667) (2015-05-07)
- Fixed: Word for Mac Preview (2015) fails to save documents in the Word 97-2004 format (.doc)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.439 (664) (2015-04-30)
- Added: Auto-detection for Wuala.
- Fixed: Master key cannot be unlocked when the company administrator is excluded from the policy.
- Fixed: Crash when creating a group or editing permissions of a file or folder under certain circumstances.
Version 2.1.437 (663) (2015-04-28)
- Added: Auto-detection for OneDrive for Business.
- Improved: Extended attributes are now preserved when encrypting / decrypting a file or folder via right-click "Encrypt / Decrypt with Boxcryptor".
- Fixed: OneDrive auto-detection is broken after SkyDrive has been renamed to OneDrive.
- Fixed: A location cannot be added when another location's folder name contains parts of its name (e.g. /OneDrive and /OneDriveBusiness).
- Fixed: Various applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Filemaker) cannot save a file under certain circumstances (was introduced in version 2.1.435.654).
- Minor bug fixes and improvements (also from build 660).
Version 2.1.435 (654) (2015-04-07)
- Added: Auto-detection for iCloud when used in combination with the new Boxcryptor for iOS version 2.4. Files which should be available on mobile (iPhone/iPad) must be stored in the "iCloud" location. Files which are stored in the "iCloud Drive (Mac & PC only)" location are not accessible on mobile devices due to restrictions by Apple.
- Fixed: "Failed to load key holder" in the manage permission screen under certain circumstances.
- Fixed: Crash when modifying permissions if the user does not have direct access (e.g. only via a group).
- Improved: Write performance if an application expands the file before writing file contents.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.433 (652) (2015-03-24)
- Fixed: Powerpoint cannot open files in the Boxcryptor drive.
Version 2.1.429 (648) (2015-03-16)
- Added: Filename encryption inheritance. New file or folders now inherit the filename encryption setting of their parent folder. If the name of the parent folder is encrypted (or not), the name of the new file or folder will also be encrypted (or not) - regardless of the filename encryption setting of the user.
- Improved: Updated to BCFS v3.0.2.
Version 2.1.427 (646) (2015-03-10)
- Added: Auto-detection for providers with multiple folders (e.g. Dropbox for Business).
- Added: Finder sidebar icon.
- Improved: Sign in speed.
- Improved: Excel save process.
- Improved: Updated to BCFS v3.0.1.
- Changed: Files or folders with encrypted filenames which cannot be decrypted are not hidden by default anymore. This behavior can now be controlled in the advanced settings.
- Fixed: Dropbox sync icons are sometimes not shown on Yosemite when Boxcryptor is running.
- Fixed: Zero size of Boxcryptor drive if only a WebDAV locations available.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.425 (631) (2015-01-19)
- Fixed: Crash on OS X 10.7 Lion on startup.
Version 2.1.425 (630) (2015-01-14)
- Changed: Update check now submits a fake UDID instead of the real device UDID.
Version 2.1.423 (629) (2014-12-27)
- Added: "Show Boxcryptor Encrypted File/Folder" and "Show Boxcryptor Preferences" context menu entries for OS X Yosemite.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.421 (628) (2014-12-24)
- Fixed: Files and folders cannot be moved between locations if they are on different devices.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.419 (626) (2014-12-17)
- Fixed: Context menu is disabled in details view with expanded locations.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2.1.417 (625) (2014-12-12)
- Added: Prompt to disable VirusBarrier's Real-Time Scanning if required in order to avoid incompatibilities which can cause various problems (e.g. a "hanging" or forced unmounting of the Boxcryptor disk). It is strongly recommended to disable VirusBarrier's Real-Time Scanning and not to use Boxcryptor when it is enabled.
Version 2.1.415 (623) (2014-12-10)
- Improved: On Yosemite the Boxcryptor context menu is now located directly within the context menu and not in the "Services" menu anymore.
- Improved: On Yosemite the green tag of encrypted files is not copied anymore when copying or moving a file from the Boxcryptor disk to another location.
- Changed: Renamed auto-detected iCloud Drive location to "iCloud Drive (Mac & PC only)" to better guide users where they can access encrypted files in this location. Note: We are working on full iCloud support also on mobile devices which will be available in the next version of Boxcryptor for iOS (ETA in January).
- Fixed: Problems when using Wuala
- Fixed: Boxcryptor disk can deadlock on accessing symlinks in the Boxcryptor disk which have a target in the Boxcryptor disk.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.413 (618) (2014-11-20)
- Fixed: Issue with desktop alias creation.
Version 2.1.413 (617) (2014-11-12)
- Fixed: The Boxcryptor disk is shown twice on the Desktop when mounted as local.
Version 2.1.413 (613) (2014-11-12)
- Improved: Better encryption / decryption performance by improved utilization of multi-core systems.
- Improved: The Boxcryptor disk is now always shown in the Finder favorites and on the Desktop.
- Improved: Modifying permission does now retain the original modification date (instead of setting it to the current date and time).
- Fixed: Enabling Spotlight fails under certain circumstances.
- Fixed: Sign out does not unlink the device
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.411 (610) (2014-10-27)
- Added: "Temporary file preservation" for encrypted files is now also applied to plaintext filenames - not only encrypted filenames. This improves temporary file detection by other applications, e.g. to exclude them from sync.
- Improved: Updated icons for OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
- Improved: Increased mount / unmount timeout from 30 to 60 seconds.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.409 (603) (2014-10-22)
- Fixed: Offline login does not work on OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
- Fixed: Spotlight and Trash cannot be enabled under certain circumstances.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.407 (601) (2014-10-13)
- Fixed: Wrong key expired error message.
- Fixed: Freezing in certain circumstances.
- Fixed: Open file handle leak which can cause a too many open files error.
- Improved: Manage permission windows are now always kept in foreground.
- Various crashes fixed and overall stability improvements.
Version 2.1.405 (595) (2014-09-24)
- Fixed: "Unknown key server error" when upgrading from v2.0.xxx.
- Fixed: Occasional crash when enabling Spotlight on (Mountain) Lion.
Version 2.1.403 (592) (2014-09-23)
- Added: "Temporary file preservation" for encrypted filenames so that temporary files can be detected by other applications even with filename encryption.
- Improved: Reduced idle CPU load on OS X Yosemite.
- Improved: Performance of filename encryption through caching.
Version 2.1.401 (588) (2014-09-18)
- Added: OS X Yosemite support
- Added: iCloud Drive
- Added: Spotlight and Trash support
- Improved: Saving and loading of preferences
- Improved: Offline support and better stability in case of weak internet connection
- Improved: Replaced OSXFUSE with out own implementation BCFS. OSXFUSE is not required to run Boxcryptor anymore. BCFS will automatically be installed on the first start of Boxcryptor.
- Improved: Better handling for sync conflicts / conflicted copies. Encrypted filenames which have been modified (e.g. by appending a " (conflicted copy)") are now auto-fixed by including the suffix automatically into the encrypted filename. The conflicted copy then also appears in the Boxcryptor Disk.
- Overall stability improvements
Version 2.0.411 (566) (2014-02-20)
- Improved Permissions Management
- Detect Box Sync 4.0
- Encryption/Decryption of bundles/packages (when using the Finder Context Menu)
- Boxcryptor not showing Locations on WebDAV/SMB shares
- Minor UI fixes and improvements.
Version 2.0.409 (511) (2014-01-30)
- Added: Performance improvements on filesystem operation
- Fixed: Some file attributes not copied on Encrypt/Decrypt operations
- Fixed: Permission denied on some file operations
- Fixed: Duplicate names on folder decrypt operations
- Fixed: Various bug & crash fixes. • General performance and stability improvements
Version 2.0.403 (360) (2013-12-19)
- Added: Encrypt/Decrypt individual files (via Finder’s context menu).
- Added: Master Key (for Company Package users).
- Added: Help Menu.
- Fixed: “Remember password” not always working.
- Fixed: Allow user to choose if the crash logs are sent automatically
- Fixed: Various UI improvements, including Preferences & Manage Permissions
- Fixed: Other fixes and performance improvements, including lower memory usag
Version 2.0.401 (260) (2013-12-06)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.400 (250) (2013-12-05)
- Initial Release
Network Access
Boxcryptor requires that certain servers can be accessed via the internet. If you have network restrictions in place, please make sure to allow connections from Boxcryptor to the following domains, ip addresses, ports and protocols:
Domain: www.boxcryptor.com
Port: 443
Protocol: HTTPS
IP Adresses: 136.243.125.201, 148.251.224.98, 188.40.161.200
Domain: api.boxcryptor.com
Port: 443
Protocol: HTTPS
IP Addresses: 136.243.125.202, 148.251.224.99, 188.40.161.201
Domain: whisp.ly
Port: 443
Protocol: HTTPS
IP Address: 188.40.161.203
If you are using our LDAP / Active Directory synchronization feature, please make sure that your directory server can be reached from the following subnets: 136.243.125.192/28
, 148.251.224.96/28
, 188.40.161.192/28
.
Please note that these domains and also ip addresses might be subject to change in the future.
Open Source Licenses
We use open source software in many situations: across platforms in the Boxcryptor apps, in the Boxcryptor Crypto Server, and for boxcryptor.com. Follow the links below to view the list of open source projects and their licenses used in the corresponding applications: