Technology Question, and don't laugh...

[fab4fan]

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I start a lot of threads like this. 😕

Is there a way to password protect a folder you have on your desktop (Mac)? This folder has a lot of sensitive information, like the launch codes for a nuclear war. Not really, but they are sensitive passwords, and if someone would luck out and figure out my password for my laptop, I'd want another layer of protection for the folder.

TIA.

 

[deleted87716]

Try this:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4822560_folder-mac-os-x-leopard.html

or this:

http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/11/password-protect-files-folders-in-mac-os-x/

I've never done it the first way, but I've done it the second.

 

[Stroganoff]

If you have your passwords in a Word or Excel file, you can password-protect just that file straight from Word or Excel. Which also encrypts it.

 

[fab4fan]

Thanks so much. I went with Dallenoff's suggestion, since i wasn't saving it to a disk. That was much easier than I anticipated. I printed out a copy to put in a secure place. Now I just have to pray that chemo brain doesn't make me forget where I put it. 😕