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Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file...

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J.Albert <j.albert@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Is there an app on the Mac that can "password protect" a 
> SINGLE FILE ?
> 
> The file needs to be visible on the desktop, but require a 
> password to open it.
> 
> I realize that one can create an encrypted disk image using 
> Disk Utility, then put the file into that, etc., etc.
> But I don't want it to be this complicated (the person for 
> whom I'm going to set this up is not Mac-savvy, nor 
> particularly computer-savvy at all).
> 
> It MUST be as thus:
> 1. File in plain view on desktop
> 2. Double-click file, this brings up dialog requesting password
> 3. Enter password, app (for file) opens, and the file itself 
> then opens.
> 4. When done, close file (or quit app), and requires 
> password to open again.
> 
> There seems to be nothing in the Mac OS (itself) that can 
> accomplish this.
> Are there any 3rd-party apps out there that can do this?

You’re describing the way StuffIt password-protected archives work.
Double-clicking one opens it in StuffIt Deluxe where you can access the
file(s) in the archive. It has built-in limited support for viewing images,
text files, and so on. Closing StuffIt Deluxe closes the archive until next
time.

StuffIt used to be the de facto standard way to compress files on classic
MacOS and remained popular for a short time after modern macOS came along,
but isn’t used by many people anymore since macOS has built-in ZIP
compression support. But it looks like you can still purchase it online:

https://my.smithmicro.com/stuffit-deluxe-mac.html

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App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... "J.Albert" <j.albert@nowhere.net> - 2019-01-07 17:08 -0500
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-07 17:14 -0500
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2019-01-07 16:52 -0600
    Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-07 14:54 -0800
      Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... "J.Albert" <j.albert@nowhere.net> - 2019-01-08 11:19 -0500
        Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-08 11:35 -0800
        Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2019-01-08 20:18 -0600
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2019-01-07 17:52 -0500
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2019-01-07 23:05 +0000
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-07 23:42 -0500
  Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-08 14:16 +0000

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