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Hey people, I'm in need of a little help:
I want to password protect individual folders containing images on my PowerBook (OSX 10.4.11 Tiger) but have no idea how to do it - I can protect Word documents, but that's about it AFAIK. Does anyone else have a clue?
Any hints and tips would be gratefully recieved.
Clivey
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Well i played around with finder, system preferences, and the help viewer for a little bit and no luck. One thing you can do is (when the folder(s) is/are highlighted) go to "get info" by going to "File" then going down to "Get info" or by hitting "apple + i" on the keyboard. Once there, on the bottom of the window, there should be ownership and permissions settings. You can change it to "no access". So when someone tries to open it he or she will be told there is no access allowed. To get into the folder you would have to go back to the window and change the permissions back to "read & write". The problem is, if a mac nerd tries to open the file and is told that there is no access, he or she would know to go to the get info window and change the permissions.
Hope this helps.
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trying to hide your pron eh?
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What are you trying to hide? Nude pics of your girlfriend?Originally Posted by Clivey
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You could make a disk image, whit password, and lay all your files in there.
i believe there are also programs to do it, but i haven't tried them!
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In the System Preferences menu go to Personal->Security->File Vault
There you can protect/encrypt your files.
Hope it helps
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Fuerte100: Thanks for the effort, although I already know how to change the permissions, have Filevault, secure virtual memory turned-on and have a "hard-to-guess" user password on the screensaver.
The reason I want to hide various files (not just pictures actually but other business and personal info) is that I take my laptop to college and if I accidentally leave it unlocked and turned-on for a while whilst I do something else, I don't want anyone playing about with it if I'm not looking (although I don't leave it unattended if I can help it).
I seem to recall more advanced options on this sort of thing on Mac OSX Server...
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I see your not denying there are pictures though.
But dont worry, Your secrets safe with us, and the internet.
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Avoid File Vault like the plague. It has lots of bugs and incompatibilities with certain applications.In the System Preferences menu go to Personal->Security->File Vault
There you can protect/encrypt your files.
Hope it helps
An encrypted disk image is probably your best bet, or you could try a third party file encryption app.
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The best solution is not to leave your laptop unattended. especially at college.
if you're going to leave it for an extended period of time flip the screen closed and chuck it in a bag. the start up time might be painful but it's going to be the safest way of protecting whatever it is you want to protect (cough) porn (cough).
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Oh, I've never had a problem with it other than:
I've been trying to figure-out how to make a bootable clone of my HDD without the use of expensive software, incase my laptop gets damaged/stolen etc.
Thanks, I'll look into it but have no idea what's available.
99% of the time, this is exactly what I do. However, there are always exceptions where you are put in a situation where this isn't possible. In these cases I always try to keep the computer in my sight but I'd just like some extra peace of mind.
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