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If I may, I would like to add an alternative solution. A quick and less complicated way is to just simply zip up your files by using 7-Zip or Winrar and password protect them. Once the files are zipped up and password protected, you can simply upload them to your favorite cloud service. Done & done. (This is what I've been doing for years.)
Just a quick tip: you can also selectively choose which files to make available only in the cloud, if your cloud provider supports it. Cryptomator has an option in the main window to show encrypted files on disk, so you can sync the vault, find a particular file in its encrypted form, find it in the cloud and make it cloud only.
But it's a real chore to find all the files you don't want to sync one by one, and if you've made a lot of files cloud only, then searching for them later on to selectively make them available again is going to be real pain, especially if you didn't keep track of what your files are named in gibberish and where they're located in that encrypted folder maze. It will be easier to redownload the whole vault, which may not be convenient if it's dozens or hundreds of gigs.
Cryptomator encryption operates fundamentally different to Veracrypt/Truecrypt. VC/TC encryption happens on a File Container level. You create a SINGLE encrypted container which translates into a single physical file residing on your disk. You then put your data files into that SINGLE ENCRYPTED CONTAINER/FILE. That VC/TC encrypted container can be static in size or dynamic, but regardless the encryption happens to a SINGLE PHYSICAL FILE which you THEN must sync to the cloud IN ITS ENTIRETY. Say you setup a 50GB VC encrypted container that is synced to iCloud. You then make a SINGLE CHANGE to a SINGLE FILE inside your VC container... say you edit a 300kb Word doc. Now what? Well, now you must sync that ENTIRE 50GB encrypted container back to iCloud even though you only edited a single 300kb Word file! VC/TC weren't really designed with real-time cloud syncing services in mind. They were built with the intention of securing large amounts of data locally. In this context, working with a single massive encrypted container makes sense.
In contrast, Cryptomator encryption operations happen at the individual file level. Each individual file is encrypted independently. There is no monolithic encrypted file container. This means when you edit a single 300kb Word Doc, your cloud sync software can detect the file change and sync JUST THAT ONE file. Yes Cryptomator has the concept of vaults & volumes, but that's just for organizational purposes to make managing data easier for the end user. But the actual encryption is happening on a file-by-file basis unlike VC/TC. THAT is the difference.
I personally keep all personal data like photos, videos, docs offline on external hdd. I keep multiple backups one offsite. Because cryptomator is good for some private files like govt docs but it is really pain to use for large files like photos and video.
I backup to local and cloud. For sensitive files I encrypt them before upload. This is all automated and scheduled daily.
Cryptomator Vaults function just like regular folders—you can store files in them and organize them similarly. However, the main drawback is that each vault you create with Cryptomator requires its own password, so you'll need to remember or keep track of multiple passwords.
