Security

Tap Forms values your security, offering multiple options to keep your data safe and protected. In the case that you’ve stored sensitive information within the app, you can choose two ways to utilize security.

Locking Tap Forms

To protect your forms from any unwanted eyes, you can choose to lock Tap Forms with a password. By auto-lock at a user-set interval and/or a lock when the document is first opened, only a password will open the document. To streamline the unlock process further, users with MacBook Pros outfitted with Touch ID can use their fingerprint for entrance. It is important to know, however, that if you forget your password and cannot login with a fingerprint, you will not be able to open the document. Because of this, we recommend storing the password in a safe location.

Note: Locking features only work with encrypted documents.

Encryption

Encryption is a security technique that protects your data through a unique key that is unaccessible by any party but you. If you choose to encrypt your document, you’ll use your passcode to log in to Tap Forms. With encryption, your database will be inaccessible to anyone else inside and outside Tap Forms.

*If you’ve forgotten your encryption key, launch the Keychain Access application on your Mac, search for Tap Forms, then double-click on the Tap Forms application password entry. Next, click on the Show password checkbox button. You’ll be asked to enter your computer’s password; then, you’ll see your encryption key displayed. The Keychain Access application can be found by typing Keychain Access into the Spotlight search field or by launching it from the Utilities folder (which is inside your Applications folder) in the Finder.

!If you’ve forgotten your encryption key and you don’t see it in the Keychain Access application, there’s no way to recover your data. Make sure you never forget your encryption key or you have a copy of it stored in another secure location.