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New Mac Pro - Make HD Private

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denald

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I just got a new Mac Pro and have the family set up on it. A sign-on for me, my wife, and the kids. I also have four drives for files and backup. I want to make my 3rd drive a "private" drive that only I can access for business, tax records, finance, etc.

Is there a way to set the drive with a password or that it will only work with my sign-on? I have looked everywhere and evidently don't understand how to do this or if it is possible.

Thanks for any help.

Denny
 
denald said:
I just got a new Mac Pro and have the family set up on it. A sign-on for me, my wife, and the kids. I also have four drives for files and backup. I want to make my 3rd drive a "private" drive that only I can access for business, tax records, finance, etc.

Is there a way to set the drive with a password or that it will only work with my sign-on? I have looked everywhere and evidently don't understand how to do this or if it is possible.

Thanks for any help.

Denny
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I think that user privileges and even filevault only apply to your user folder (on the startup drive). The only way I'm aware of password protecting or encrypting data on another drive is to create a disk image. Use disk utility, and choose New Blank Disk Image and select an Encryption option.

One word of warning - if the disk image becomes corrupted you lose everything within it - so keep it carefully backed up. This apparently is also a risk with FileVault.
 
denald said:
I want to make my 3rd drive a "private" drive that only I can access for business, tax records, finance, etc.
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ya, right. What is really on that drive 😱

Seriously. You can sent up a folder on that particular drive, put all of your contents in it. The adjust the permissions (no access) to your liking.
 
Actually you might be able to adjust the permissions on the drive it self, I have not tried it though.
 
That is a good idea. That way i could assign who has access. I don't care if my wife does but I don't want the kids messing anything up.

Thanks for the posts and I will try what was suggested.

Denny
 
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