I would like to password protect my external Time Machine hard drive. We are using an older MacPro running Mac OS X 10.6.8. We understand it might be possible with File Vault but after reading several negative comments we're not sure we won't to use it. Is there a simple and reliable method to add password protection? Thanks!
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
OK, thanks for your help.........technically, I'm sure you are correct. However, it appears there is not a good, efficient, user-friendly method to password protect a Time Machine external drive in OS X 10.6.8. The 2 methods that do exist are complicated, extremely time consuming (encryption & decryption) and do not measure up to Apple's user-friendly reputation. Needless to say I will not be using either of Apple's methods. I wonder if there is a third party utility program that might do the job. Thanks again!
You are welcome. I haven't used 10.6 in a couple of years, but maybe Disk Utility has this option. The article is from 2012.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-par tition/
Select the drive in the Finder Sidebar and then control - click/Encrypt disk.
You are welcome. The 2nd part of this article provides Terminal commands to encrypt. Also check the 2nd link.
Thanks for your reply, however, the "Encryt disk" selection does not show up in OS X 10.6.8.
How can I password protect my external Time Machine backup hard drive in Mac OS X v10.6?
