Password Protect my SD card
Is there a possibility to password protect my external SD Card?
MacBook Pro Retina - 2013
OS Mojave 10.14.2
Transcend JetDrive Lite - 256GB
MacBook Pro Retina
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Is there a possibility to password protect my external SD Card?
MacBook Pro Retina - 2013
OS Mojave 10.14.2
Transcend JetDrive Lite - 256GB
MacBook Pro Retina
I can't really because I still run Mavericks OSX 10.9 and probably the menu layouts have changed significantly in 5 system version updates. :-(
In my version of Disk Utility:
Click on: Create New Image
Image format type: Sparse Disk Image
Encryption: Select the level you think necessary.
The other settings you can leave as you wish.
This is, of course, all assuming you can still do this using the newer macOS versions and Apple hasn't "improved" them by removing the feature. :-/
I'll add that I don't know how this behaves if you have a really large volume of files. I use mine on a relatively small (20 MB) set of text files that contain things such as log in passwords.
I can't really because I still run Mavericks OSX 10.9 and probably the menu layouts have changed significantly in 5 system version updates. :-(
In my version of Disk Utility:
Click on: Create New Image
Image format type: Sparse Disk Image
Encryption: Select the level you think necessary.
The other settings you can leave as you wish.
This is, of course, all assuming you can still do this using the newer macOS versions and Apple hasn't "improved" them by removing the feature. :-/
I'll add that I don't know how this behaves if you have a really large volume of files. I use mine on a relatively small (20 MB) set of text files that contain things such as log in passwords.
Rather than protect the card, password protect the files. You can set up a password protected sparse (flexible size) image using Disk Utility or you can Zip the files with password protection using a utility such as Keka.
Hi Limnos,
thanks again and I understand ;-)
because I felt a bit stupid, I googled your suggestion which brought me to this video.
And it seems to work :-)
IF (and only if) you are willing to reformat the SD card to MacOS Extended format, you can use FileVault encryption on the entire drive:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/
Windows or Linux machines will not be able to read an encrypted MacOS drive.
Hi Limnos,
Thanks for your reply,
sounds like a good idea, can you help me a bit with setting up the first option?
I do not see such an option in Disk Utility
Thanks,
Yurun
Do not forget your password. If you do then there is no resetting it. You will have to wipe the drive and start new.
Password Protect my SD card