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I have followed instructions for encrypting folders several times and the folder is not encrypted. What's the issue?
Did you maybe save the password(s) in Keychain & they're opening automatically?
Perhaps an option for you is FileWard?
Is this what you did?
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/12/encrypt-folders-mac-os-x/
The option to save the password never even presented itself. I saw that option when I encrypted a flash drive.
folder encryption fail
