setting a password on external hard drive
How do I set a password on a new external hard drive?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
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Thanks, but I get as far as erasing my external hard drive. It then asks me:
- Enter a name for the volume.
- Click the Scheme pop-up menu, then choose GUID Partition Map.
- Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose an encrypted file system format.
- Enter and verify a password, then click Choose.
- To change the password later, select the volume in the sidebar, then choose File > Change Password.
- None of which I seem to be able to do! Where is the 'scheme pop up menu', for instance?!
Thanks for your help, by the way. Much appreciated!
a pop-up menu is likely just a box. You may not be seeing it as something special because it is likely pre-populated with the choice you want.
The phrase "GUID' if in a box, Is itself the "scheme" pop-up menu.
Create a screenshot, which places a file on your desktop by default.
Take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support
In the reply footer on the forums (viewed in a web browser) the next to the rightmost button at the bottom of the window is the "Image Insertion" Icon. (looks like the moon over a mountain range). Click it and a directory dialog-box opens, to allow you to select the saved screenshot file.
So how do I send you a screen shot of what I'm seeing?
setting a password on external hard drive