PROTECTING MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER WITH A PASSWORD

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PROTECTING MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER WITH A PASSWORD

I am hoping that someone can help me password protect the entire DOCUMENTS FOLDER on my I-Mac desktop computer. The computer runs macOS Catalina, Version 10.15.7. I am backing up all the contents of my computer to a portable hard drive, before taking the computer to the shop to install a new internal drive. I don't want any of my files opened by the tech, so I'm trying to password protect everything in Documents. Can you guide me? Thanks in advance!

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Posted on Aug 25, 2023 10:43 AM

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Answer 1

John Galt

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Aug 26, 2023 3:22 PM in response to SEB459

Anything short of full disk encryption is a waste of time. Either encrypt the entire disk, or don't bother.

Encrypt Mac data with FileVault - Apple Support

Encrypt that external disk too — all of it: Protect your Mac information with encryption - Apple Support.

"If you want to keep private or confidential information secure on removable media, you need to encrypt the information on it."

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Rudegar

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Aug 26, 2023 1:08 AM in response to SEB459

the way these multi-user computers work is when you enter the normal password you have access to everything the user has access to so adding more passwords is not really what they aimed to do

if the repair shop for some reason needs to login into macOS with your user password then why not just make another user they can use which does not have access to your secret directory?

otherwise maybe

How to Password Protect Any Folder on a Mac (businessinsider.com)

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