John_Neumann

Q: Backing up password protected folders

I want to use the instructions in this link to create an encrypted disc image on an external hard drive so that one folder with important files is password protected.  I've never done this before.

 

Two questions:

 

1)  Is there a more current or better way to create a password protected folder than these instructions?  Or is this the latest and best way to do it?  (It seems like I read somewhere there is a way to password protect folders without creating a disc image, but I can't remember for sure.)

 

2)  I use Carbon Copy Cloner to backup my external hard drive to a second external hard drive.  It don't have it set up to create bootable mirror copies of the drive, rather it goes file by file and simply copies whatever new files and folders were recently added.  Is there any reason to believe that the encryption and password protection on the one password-protected folder won't transfer over perfectly to the second drive?  Obviously, the copy of the password protected folder needs to work as perfectly and easily as the original.

Posted on Apr 13, 2015 1:28 PM