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USING YOUR IRONKEY IN READ-ONLY MODE (WINDOWS, MAC, LINUX)
You can unlock your IronKey in a read-only state such that les on your IronKey cannot be
edited. An example of when this is useful is when you want to access a le on your IronKey
while using an untrusted or unknown computer. If you unlock your IronKey in Read-Only
Mode, you need not fear that malware on that machine can infect your IronKey or modify your
les.
When you unlock your IronKey in Read-Only Mode, you will remain in Read-Only Mode until
you lock your IronKey.
Note that some features are not available in Read-Only Mode because they require modifying
les on your IronKey. Examples of unavailable features include the onboard Firefox,
reformatting, updating and restoring applications and les to your IronKey, and using the
Applications List.
On Windows and Mac OS X Computers:
# Step Description
1 When unlocking your IronKey, select
the “Unlock IronKey in Read-Only
Mode” checkbox.
2 You will see a message in the IronKey
Control Panel that conrms you are in
Read-Only Mode.
On Linux Computers:
# Step Description
1 To unlock your IronKey in Read-Only
Mode on Linux, use:
ironkey --read-only
2 To return to a normal state where you
can edit les again, lock your IronKey
ironkey --lock