Password on TextEdit Document ?

[fab5freddy]

Is there a way to put a password on a Text Edit Document ?

I have some sensitive stuff on a text edit document and would like
to secure it.....

Or is there another text application that allows me to put a password
on it ? maybe word, etc..... ?

 

[GGJstudios]

How about Keychain?

 

[fab5freddy]

what about keychain ?

what should i do with keychain ?

 

[GGJstudios]

what about keychain ?

what should i do with keychain ?

Open Keychain Access, either from the Applications/Utilities folder, or by clicking the icon on the menu bar as shown in the attached image. There, you will see "Secure Notes", where you can add a note.

 

[fab5freddy]

ok, but then it won't be a text edit document, but a keychain document..?

Is there a text edit application that allows you to lock a document
with a password. ?

 

[GGJstudios]

ok, but then it won't be a text edit document, but a keychain document..?
Is there a text edit application that allows you to lock a document
with a password. ?

Not that I'm aware of, except a full-blown word processor like MS Word. If your ultimate goal is to secure the information, why is it necessary that it be a text document? What drawback do you see to storing the information in a Keychain Secure Note, since that's what Keychain was designed for: securing passwords and sensitive/private information?

 

[danny_w]

You could also create a password-protected sparse image (disk utility) and store all of your sensitive documents in that. That is what I do, including tax info for the last several years, password lists, sensitive documents, etc.

EDIT: If you do this then DON'T have keychain store you password! If you do this then you might as well leave everything out in the open.

 

[robbieduncan]

Save the document in an encrypted disk image that you only mount when you need it (and remember to unmount it when you're done)?

 

[danny_w]

Save the document in an encrypted disk image that you only mount when you need it (and remember to unmount it when you're done)?

Isn't that what I just said?

 

[robbieduncan]

Isn't that what I just said?

Yes, but your post wasn't there when I started typing mine. Simmer down!

 

[GGJstudios]

Yes, but your post wasn't there when I started typing mine...

Happens to me all the time! My curse, for being such a slow typist! (actually, I blame part of that on arthritis!)

 

[robbieduncan]

Happens to me all the time! My curse, for being such a slow typist! (actually, I blame part of that on arthritis!)

Whereas I am quite a fast typist but I tend to open quite a few threads in tabs so by the time I get to replying to the last one I could have missed a few posts