Password Protect a Folder on Mac OS X | Lock and Secure your Macintosh Files

If you would like to Lock a Folder on your Mac with a Password to protect the files it contains, there isn't a direct way to do it. However, it is fairly easy to do this with the Disk Utility application that comes with your Mac.
This video will show you how to create an encrypted disk image from a folder and add a password to it.
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[@Calvin_lifecoach]

Thanks for the tutorial, short and clear just what I want🙏

[@deejayklean]

Thnk you so much you helped me 🙏🙏🙏

[@GemsbokAppleTipsandTricks]

Most welcome 😊

[@FrankMike2012]

Hi- Great tip, thanks. Does the DMG file automatically increase in size as you add new files to it or is there a limit and if so, how can it be increased? Thanks.

[@PlazaMaya]

for me the size did not adjust with more items added to the folder.

[@jessicalara2315]

I put a password protected my icloud drive using disk utility’s.. I accidentally selected read format and now i can not edited my files in my icloud drive I was wondering if I can undo this. it was very similar to what you were doing to yours I change my disk image name and now i can’t find it because my disk image didn’t pop up i don’t know what happened

[@jessicalara2315]

I don’t know how to find this file i created