Is there a way to lock all docs in a folder?
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
Thanks, but experimented and the following seems to work. Select all docs in the folder then Opt-Cmd-I. The info window applies to all selected docs and allows the lock checkbox to be selected. All docs also marked as locked!
Thanks, but experimented and the following seems to work. Select all docs in the folder then Opt-Cmd-I. The info window applies to all selected docs and allows the lock checkbox to be selected. All docs also marked as locked!
Not without writing an AppleScript to do it, and then processing the lock status of every file in that folder. This approach will not display the locked status on the file icon. You would have to select a specific document, press ⌘+i, and on that panel, verify that it is locked, or not. Simply locking the containing folder does not lock the individual documents within it.
This could be done from the Terminal command line in a loop with elevated privileges that would place a lock icon on the documents, but then you would have to use the command-line again, to use elevated privileges to unlock the document, as the Finder wouldn't have the permissions to do so. Lock status applied with elevated privileges places the familiar file icon lock status.
Is there a way to lock all docs in a folder?
