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Basic Usage - Seeking Recommended #2544

Open ajaxStardust opened 4 months ago

ajaxStardust commented 4 months ago

OBJECTIVE: It occurs to me that I'd like to use CherryTree to manage 2FA , and the like. API Secret keys and such because I'm reminded that CherryTree can save the database encrypted.

I dont necessarily want to have my regular CherryTree with the encrypted file however, as I share it now via MEGA between a few diff systems, and it works nicely!

But, for "secret" or private, sensitive information, perhaps I'd like to save and load an encrypted setup, separately.

Has anyone a recommended best practice for that type of use? E.g. Step one, with CherryTree open and your regular database loaded, then do step two. Step two is...

I ask because in my experience, it seems that CherryTree can sometimes prefer a certain order of operations maybe to ensure the resulting configuration is exactly as desired.

Thank you!

gitvectors commented 3 months ago

In my opinion do not treat CherryTree as a beast of burden loaded with more “features”.

Make it work with other prime apps to achieve your aims in a toolchain.

For the scenario posted my suggestion is open a free account with Proton Mail.

Explore how to use 2FA and Proton Pass.

Explore how to use Proton Vault.

Share CherryTree files securely through Proton Vault.

https://proton.me/support/drive-shareable-link

giuspen commented 3 months ago

Perhaps what you are looking for here is the possibility to encrypt / password protect only a node, not the whole tree. This has been requested before, it is something I will try to address in 2025