How to keep some photos private

[farqueue]

Hello people, how do i keep some photos on iphoto private? Ie needs a password to be able to access it?

Thanks
(PS: Its not porn)

Its urrr... dont worry just tell me ok?

 

[ero87]

my advice- don't keep those photos in iPhoto. Just put them in some random folder.

And you can always use Apimac to make invisible & password-protect folders.

 

[n-abounds]

You can't really keep them in iPhoto and have them protected. I'd say move your porn into a folder, and use disk utility to encrypt it. If you still want your porn to show up in iPhoto, you can change where iPhoto looks using iPhoto's preferences.

 

[Cloudgazer]

download iPhoto Buddy (its free).

This little app will allow you to have multiple iPhoto libraries.
Keep your regular library, and then simply just create a whole new one for all the good pics....

Just remember if you launch iPhoto directly it will open the last library you view via the iPhoto buddy.

 

[Scottyk9]

Hello people, how do i keep some photos on iphoto private? Ie needs a password to be able to access it?

Thanks
(PS: Its not porn)

Its urrr... dont worry just tell me ok?

consider some or all of these:
1. Create an encrypted disk image (big enough to hold all your... ummm... "private" pictures. Make it big enough to account for future expansion). choose a password, and don't have it saved in your keychain.
2. open the encrypted folder.
3. when opening iPhoto, hold down the option key
4. create a new iPhoto lilbrary inside your encrypted disk image
5. use this new library for your.... ummm... "private" pictures
6. when you are down remember to unmount the encrypted disk image

Depending on your needs, you could do all or some of these (just put the pictures in an encrypted disk image, not in iPhoto), or just use a 2nd iPhoto library