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[aonez]

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[DaddyJapan]

I have many projects going on and they overlap in timewise. I need to set a password for each customer and sent it to them once when the project starts. I also make a project folder for each customer. So if I go to a particular folder, and make a zip file for that customer, I @would like to use a password for that customer. So I need to set a password for the folder before I create a zip file. If KEKA will provide me an interface between a folder and its password, then I can set a password for its folder once. After that I don't need to set a password for the files under that folder. I assume that I can reuse it until I change it.
I need to have an interface to specify a folder and a password for that folder. This should work for decompression too. When I move a zip file to that folder and unzip it from the folder. I assume that KEKA knows the password and unzip it.

Currently I need to set a password every time I create a zip file. It is cumbersome. Please consider for this scenario.

[carlsmoore]

Hi, I'm a new user, and trying to better understand best steps to encrypt a file with a password, using a Macbook Pro. Do I need to go into Keka and first set a password for the compression file type, and then compress the file? Is there a way that if I compress the file that it could pop up and ask me for a password to set in a dialog box rather that setting a general password for a file type (zip, gzip etc)?

[aonez]

Right now the way to go with Keka is using the default password or opening Keka and setting a password each time you want to use that feature.

[carlsmoore]

@aonez Thanks for the quick response. Understood.

[thisnugroho]

Hi, is it possible that when dragging a folder onto the app icon, the user can choose which files or subfolders to include in the archive? Currently, when I drag a folder, it gets compressed immediately. Just wondering if this option already exists?

[aonez]

There’s no such feature @thisnugroho. You can manually open the folder in the Finder, select those files and folder and drop them to the Keka icon/window or use the contextual menu options (if you enabled them).

[thisnugroho]

I understand,thank you for your response and hard work making this tool 🙏👍

[DreadNoughticus]

Is the dmg extraction based on the built in tools? or does it extract using a custom method. I have a very specific use case and am hoping this is the solution to my problems lol

[aonez]

Custom.