How to Create A Password-Protected Folder on Mac?

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How to Create A Password-Protected Folder on Mac?

6 January 2020 John Weaver Senior Program Developer

Summary
For data protection, Mac users should encrypt the files. How can we encrypt files on Mac? Is it safe enough for these encrypted files? In this essay, we will tell you how to safely create a password-protected folder on Mac.

Content

Part 1: How to Create A Password-Protected Folder on Mac?

1. Built-in Function on Mac
2. Encrypto

Part 2: How to Encrypt Files on Windows?

1. About Renee SecureSilo
2. How to Create a Silo for Confidential Files
3. How to Disguise Files

Part 1: How to Create A Password-Protected Folder on Mac?

1. Built-in Function on Mac

How to password protect a folder on a mac? You can use the function originally attached with OS. Let’s look at the steps!

a. First, go to [Disk Utility].

b. On the top menu, select [File] > [New Image] > [Blank Image].

c. In the new window, name for the DMG file in [Save as] and the volume in [Name]. Then, adjust the image size.

d. Select [AES encryption] in [Encryption]. Then, set the password.

step 1 about how to password protect a folder on mac

e. After setting the password, return to the last window and click [Save].This is the way about how to password protect a folder on mac.

step 2 about how to password protect a folder on mac

f. Enter the password to open the encrypted image next time.

2. Encrypto

Encrypto supports to encrypt files both in Mac OS and Windows OS.

Click [Add File]/[Add Folder], and then set a new password. You can also set a hint in fear that you forget the password. After that, click [Encrypt] > [Save as] to lock your targets. Enter the password to unlock the files next time.

how to password protect a folder on mac with encrypto

Part 2: How to Encrypt Files on Windows?

The above part is related to encryption on Mac OS. How about locking files in Windows? Let’s read the following details.

1. About Renee SecureSilo

Renee SecureSilo specializes in data security and file encryption for Windows users. It can create the private folders to save confidential files.

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Convenient: You can collect all encrypted files in the software and lock/unlock files at any time. It skips the compression process and ensures the data integrity.

Safe: With the AES256 technology and the independent encryption system, it can protect users’ files better. For example, we can place the locked files into the private disk, ensuring higher safety.

Multifunctional: Apart from the technology of the private disk, Renee SecureSilo is also a password organizer and a tool to hide folders.

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2. How to Create a Silo for Confidential Files

a. Install and launch Renee SecureSilo.

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b. Select [Encrypt Files] > [Create Silo] > name for the private disk and set the storage position.

create a virtual disk in renee secure silo

name for the disk and set the storage position in renee secure silo

c. Set a password and click [Next].

set a new password for the virtual disk in renee secure silo

d. Choose a disk size.

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e. After that, you will see the created disk in the main interface.

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f. Select the target disk and click [Close Silo] to lock the disk.

close the locked silos in renee secure silo

g. Click [Open Silo] and then enter the password to unlock the private disk. Select an option in [Open as] based on your needs. If you need to read and modify files, select [Read-write]; if you only want to read the files, select [Read Only].

open the locked files in renee secure silo

3. How to Disguise Files

In addition, you can try to disguise the target file to be a program. That makes it hardly to be recognized. Next, we will introduce how to use Renee SecureSilo to disguise files.

a. Select [Disguise] > [Disguise Folder] > select the target folder.