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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: App to password protect or encrypt a SINGLE file... |
| Date | 2019-01-07 23:05 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnq37mqn.1m65.g.kreme@Snow.local> (permalink) |
| References | <q10il4$ccq$1@adenine.netfront.net> |
In message <q10il4$ccq$1@adenine.netfront.net> J.Albert <j.albert@nowhere.net> wrote: > Is there an app on the Mac that can "password protect" a > SINGLE FILE ? Yes. Pleas learn how to punctuate properly in English. > 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. You would need to install something like PGP/GPG for that. The default Mac way to do this is with a disk image. Mount it, type the password, open any files, dismount it. > There seems to be nothing in the Mac OS (itself) that can > accomplish this. There is, you've just excluded it.
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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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