I recall in the first Keynote about OS X Lion 10.7, that they said there would be a "Safe Deposit Box" feature built into Lion.
I believe they said it was a feature that would allow people to password protect individual folders. I don't see anywhere though where they discuss this online, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to do this or if it made it into the final OS release.
Thanks!
Mac OS X (10.7)
open the "Disk Utility" and create a new image. In the settings you can chose the encryption.
I think that is an iCloud item. It will require Lion, but itsn't ready yet.
I am aware of the Disk Utility option. I do like it, but I'm hoping for that feature, because it would be beneficial to not have to remake the Disk Image everytime I save something new to a folder.
Is there any software you can recommend that might do this?
why remake? you can make a "sparse disk image", then the image will grow with all files you put in it (like an normal folder). the only difference is that you need a password to access the files (like you want). I'm working several years with encrypted sparse disk images
You can create a single disk image for all encrypted items. Then create aliases to items in the encrypted disk (drag the items out of the disk while holding down ⌘ and option. Then, when you double-clik one of the aliases, it will prompt you for the encrypted volume's password and then open the file.
Unfortunately, this is one feature that is still a little buggy in Lion. It does work, but not as smoothly as in Snow Leopard.
Thanks! That's really what I was looking for!
Does OS X Lion 10.7 have a Password Protected folder or "Safe Deposite Box" feature?
