Installing and using Keka for macOS

1. Download and install Keka

• Visit: http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ and download the latest copy of the Keka app.

• Navigate to your downloads folder and open Keka.dmg
• Drag the Keka icon to the Applications link

• Click the Authenticate button

• Enter your local administrator user credentials.

2. Open Keka for the first time

• Open the Applications folder.
• Click on the icon to open Keka.
• Accept the security warning by clicking 'Open'.

  

• Two new windows will appear, 'General' and 'Keka'
• In the 'General' window, click the icon for 'Compression'
• Change the default format to '7z'. Change other settings as you prefer.

3. Encrypt files

• With Keka open, select the 7z icon.
• Enter a password into the 'Password' and 'Repeat' boxes.
• Drag the file, files, or folder that you wish to encrypt over to the 'Keka' window.

• A new file will appear with the original file name, appended with the 7z extension.

4. Decrypting files

• Open Keka, select the 7z icon.
• Drag the encrypted .7z file to the Keka window

• Enter the password for the encrypted file.

• The de-compressed, unencrypted files will appear in the same location as the original 7z file.