Thank you. This was helpful where countless others (including articles published by Apple) were not. These aluminum frustration machines can be so maddening.
do you know how to open protected/ encrypted .dmg file i've manual data report from my bank account that i collect on several dmg file and with password. one of them i forgot the password. do you have a solution?
60+ is recommended. 16 characters is too short and sophisticated rainbow table attack with a strong a.i model can do a successful brute force attack. it also depends on the password structure, example below pwd: w@>/jJVIJ
I'm not a fan of the DMG method. Although it is helpful for someone not familiar with terminal & want something quick and simple! If you use this method, rw you can add files to it!
Why does literally every instructional on this topic call this "encrypting a folder"?!? This is NOT encrypting a folder, it's making an encrypted file copy or an encrypted disk image. That is NOT the same thing. Even remotely. They create encrypted archive COPIES of your files and folders. The originals remain unaffected, just as vulnerable, and file and folder operations are not available on encrypted archives, because even when decrypted, they are not actual folders, they're still just encrypted archives.
In both methods you have to click again to the folder after you've inputed the password in order to actually open that in finder and when you're done you have to manually delete that unzipped folder or eject the virtual disk and this is annoying if you are going to use that folder several times during a day. I do not want to keep doing this extra steps over and over again maybe even multiple times in the timespan of 1 hour. Inputing the passcode each time is already an annoying thing that I have to endure for the sake of security, but adding all these extra steps on top of that is just absolute garbage. Also I do not want that folder or file being deletable without a sysadmin authorization, so that nobody (who is not me) can delete it from the system, otherwise it would be tragic. Cause when I say "password protect" (like you written in the title) it doesn't just simply mean put a password wall in order to access that folder, but it actually means protecting the folder from any malicious user trying to mess with it, be it by trying to sneak into it, or damaging it, or deleting it. And none of the ways you've showed actually accounts for that possibility, both the zip file and the dmg file can be deleted with a simple drag and drop and trash empty that even a kid could do. So this is clearly not what I was looking for, but I guess it's not your fault.
Thank you. This was helpful where countless others (including articles published by Apple) were not. These aluminum frustration machines can be so maddening.
Thanks!
Thanks so much. Happy to help :)
you are a godsend. after so long of scouring the internet on how to do this, you solved my problem in under 3 minutes. you're amazing
Could you also do this for the Downloads folder?
Is there any way to add files to this protected folder once it's created?
Thank you! You make it so easy to understand and follow :)
Man, many thanks, this seems to be the only video that helps
how to undo the dmg process?
thank you but how to prevent someone to delete this created dmg ?
Hello Tony! Thank you! ¿How you reverse the DMG file / carpet to the original un-encrypted, when the second way is performed? Please.
Is there anyway to reverse the encrypted file??
omg so grateful! had to be an easier way than terminal! thank you!
Thank you soooooooo much!
after i typed in command to zip, next line asks me to enter password but im not able to key in anything at all.. please help?
My question is after I make it a DMG with a password...how to I add or take out things in that protected folder. It wont let me. HELP!
How can I retrieve files saved in an encrypted DMG file if the password has been forgotten?
How to delete encrypted DMG Folder?
awesome succinct very helpful tips. new subscriber and a like from me
do you know how to open protected/ encrypted .dmg file
i've manual data report from my bank account that i collect on several dmg file and with password. one of them i forgot the password.
do you have a solution?
no
bro do you get solution help me please
@@riteshh__69 Nope..
How strong and long of a password is recommended ? More than 16 characters?
60+ is recommended. 16 characters is too short and sophisticated rainbow table attack with a strong a.i model can do a successful brute force attack.
it also depends on the password structure, example below
pwd: w@>/jJVIJ
First lol but anyways will this work on an SMB server
can you add move files in that folder....???
After I confirm my password, I keep getting zip error: nothing to do! How do I get beyond this?
Good video 🎉
Thanks 😁
@@TonyTeachesTech whenever i open the dmg file again it automatically loads in the finder, how do i make it ask password again?
bro i forgot the pass any way to open it its really imp
I am getting Error 7 - Aurgument List too long
how to change the dmg file password
my terminal looks way different lol, bye no help for me
I'm not a fan of the DMG method. Although it is helpful for someone not familiar with terminal & want something quick and simple!
If you use this method, rw you can add files to it!
Now I'm getting "zsh: permission denied:" Now what?
Why does literally every instructional on this topic call this "encrypting a folder"?!?
This is NOT encrypting a folder, it's making an encrypted file copy or an encrypted disk image. That is NOT the same thing. Even remotely.
They create encrypted archive COPIES of your files and folders. The originals remain unaffected, just as vulnerable, and file and folder operations are not available on encrypted archives, because even when decrypted, they are not actual folders, they're still just encrypted archives.
you can delete the original folder?
In both methods you have to click again to the folder after you've inputed the password in order to actually open that in finder and when you're done you have to manually delete that unzipped folder or eject the virtual disk and this is annoying if you are going to use that folder several times during a day. I do not want to keep doing this extra steps over and over again maybe even multiple times in the timespan of 1 hour. Inputing the passcode each time is already an annoying thing that I have to endure for the sake of security, but adding all these extra steps on top of that is just absolute garbage.
Also I do not want that folder or file being deletable without a sysadmin authorization, so that nobody (who is not me) can delete it from the system, otherwise it would be tragic. Cause when I say "password protect" (like you written in the title) it doesn't just simply mean put a password wall in order to access that folder, but it actually means protecting the folder from any malicious user trying to mess with it, be it by trying to sneak into it, or damaging it, or deleting it. And none of the ways you've showed actually accounts for that possibility, both the zip file and the dmg file can be deleted with a simple drag and drop and trash empty that even a kid could do.
So this is clearly not what I was looking for, but I guess it's not your fault.