# FoldCrypt fact sheet

## Product

- Name: FoldCrypt
- Platform: macOS
- Status: in development; no public download
- Developer: Michele Melani
- Category: Utilities
- Protected item extension: `.foldcrypt`

## Purpose

FoldCrypt is being built to password-protect selected folders on Mac storage
used in creative handoffs. Open folders remain available to collaborators;
protected folders require FoldCrypt and the correct password or recovery key.

## Intended workflows

- film and post-production SSD and RAID handoffs
- photography job drives
- editor and DIT project storage
- design-studio and freelance project archives

## Current security facts

- encrypted sparse images created by macOS
- AES-256 encryption
- password passed to the macOS process and not stored by FoldCrypt
- recovery key shown when protection is created
- no FoldCrypt cloud account or cloud storage required
- encryption does not replace a verified backup

## Release status

There is no public installer, beta ZIP, license, edition, price, or checkout.
The verified macOS, architecture, drive, and file-system compatibility list
will be published before release.
