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SimpleumCheck “Security Advisor”

Spectre, Meltdown, WannaCry, Ransomware, Trojan – The horror messages in the area of IT security do not take off. Consumers are increasingly confused and do not know where to start protecting their computer.

We have developed SimpleumCheck to give you a little insight into which security settings exist and which ones you have activated. It is very important to us that SimpleumCheck is also seen as a kind of “learning program”. Now you can get a little deeper into how the computer and various programs work, and get information about security settings with the help of the action instructions.

Basic-, Professional- and Paranoid-Check

SimpleumCheck checks seventy parameters on the Mac in three stages and gives you recommendations on how you can improve your security even further.

The Basic-Check and the corresponding changes of the settings are recommended for each user.

The Professional-Check is particularly valid for professional/business use and is also aimed for secret holder etc… However, we recommend that each user also look at these results and consider the recommendations.

Those who would like to follow the recommendations of the Paranoid-Check are ready to give up comfort and functionality for a high level of security. Here, for example, Bluetooth and the microphone are turned off.

We will add more security checks and explanatory articles over time.

Test results

The test results give you step-by-step information about which setting has been checked. If, for example, the “firewall” is activated, the password hint is displayed?

A click on “Learn More” will show you what you need to turn on or off to improve the security of your Mac.

The data retrieved by SimpleumCheck will remain on your Mac. No data is transferred to any server.

System requirements

macOS 10.11 „El Capitan“ or higher
the software is available in Englisch

Do you have questions and/or suggestions for SimpleumCheck? We invite you to send us an e-mail to: support@simpleum.com.

Thank you for your trust and support
Your Simpleum Team

New feature - Thumbnail View

we are happy to announce a new feature: Thumbnail view.
At the request of our customers we are currently working on the implementation and will publish this in version 2.1.

Now you can easily display all files and photographs in the list as small pictures. Of course you can set the size of these thumbnails easily.

We have also added thumbnails to the image viewer so that you can easily and quickly get to the desired images.

We are looking forward to your feature requests and suggestions for improvement! Just send us an email to support@simpleum.com and we’ll take care of it – promised!

Thank you for your trust and support
Your Simpleum Team

SimpleumSafe – with Extreme Secure Synchronisation

As we launched SimpleumSafe in summer 2016, we already knew that syncing would be an essential part of a great encryption app. It took one year for our team to develop synchronization the way we want it to be: easy, safe and one step ahead.

Today, we’re excited to announce that SimpleumSafe 2.0 with Extreme Secure Sync is now available for macOS and iOS!

SimpleumSafe allows the synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone). There are three types of sync: iCloud, wireless (no Internet), or a shared folder (Mac to Mac only).

SimpleumSafe is all about security, that’s why we developed the “Extreme Secure Synchronization”. Even if the synchronization data was stolen from the cloud and the password became public, the data can still not be decrypted.

FEATURES macOS

New: Synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) with following synchronization types: iCloud, Wireless (without Internet) or with a shared folder (only Mac to Mac)
Simple and intuitive usability (drag a file or folder from Finder into a Safe and it is encrypted)
No technical knowledge is needed for encryption
Security made in Germany
Strong encryption with AES-256. All files in a Safe are encrypted
Store your Safes locally, on USB device, and in the cloud
Create as many Safes as you want
App-to-App Drag & Drop: you can e.g. drag a mail, appointments, contacts, photos etc. directly into a Safe
Organize your files as you like it (create folders, rename, copy, move, duplicate, trash, delete files)
Show file content for Microsoft Office and iWork, PDF, Images, Text, Videos, Audio and more …
Mark files and folders with tags
Number of files and size is only limited by the free space of your device

System Requirements for macOS

macOS 10.11 El Capitan or higher. Wireless synchronization needs at minimum macOS 10.13.1

FEATURES iOS

New: Synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) with following synchronization types: iCloud or Wireless (without Internet)
Simple and intuitive usability
No technical knowledge is needed for encryption
Security made in Germany
Strong encryption with AES-256. All files in a Safe are encrypted
Organize your files as you like it (create folders, rename, copy, move, duplicate, trash, delete files)
Picture Viewer
Show file content for Microsoft Office and iWork, PDF, Images, Text, Videos, Audio and more …
Mark files and folders with tags
Add files from any App which supports Action Extensions or the new Document Provider Extension
Export files by using Share-Button or Document Provider Extension
Number of files and size is only limited by the free space of your device
Unlimited number of Safes
New: Add photos and videos from photo library directly from the App
New: Take photos or capture videos directly from the App and store them securely. Without detours.
New: Import contacts and notes
New: Screen protection when in background
New: Access files in Safe from the new iOS 11 Files App
New: Supports Face ID for iPhone X

Device Requirements for iOS

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later, Wireless synchronization needs at minimum iOS 11.1.

Thank you for your trust and support
Your Simpleum Team