Is Password Protect Possible For A Folder?

[Negotiator74]

Hello,

I have a folder that I would like to password protect. Is this possible with Snow Leopard? If not, is there a third party app that would do this??

Thanks in advance!!

 

[GGJstudios]

Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions:

How do i password protect a folder?
Password protect a folder
Password protect a folder!

 

[Caleb531]

You can create an encrypted (password-protected) disk image and copy your files to there.

To do that:

1. Open Disk Utility, and click the New Image button in the toolbar.
2. A dialog will appear where you can choose a name, size, and encryption setting for your disk image.
3. After clicking Create and choosing a password, the image will automatically mount, and you can copy whatever files/folders you want.

Keep in mind you can only copy files/folders to the disk image. You should delete the originals to keep them safe (now that they're in the disk image). This is really the only way of password-protecting a folder (there might be an app available but none that I know of).

More information in this thread.

 

[Negotiator74]

Thanks for the advice here... I did find the third party app Espionage and I'm going to give that a try. It just password protects and doesn't encrypt which is exactly what I wanted.

 

[ttopp]

is there no something under "get info" where you can set the requirement for a pasword to open? im no at my mac will look when i get hame..

 

[old-wiz]

is there no something under "get info" where you can set the requirement for a pasword to open? im no at my mac will look when i get hame..

nope.

 

[ttopp]

nope its gone now i could be thinking way back to os 9 lol