Or maybe give studentsĪ quiz and then another document with the answers but don't give them the password In other words give somebody a document with emergency instructionsīut only give them the password if that emergency occurs. To talk to the person on the phone or maybe send them a message some other way with the password.Īnother reason is you may want to give a document to somebody but not let them haveĪccess to it right away. To include the password in the email that also has the document as an attachment. Sensitive you may want to password protect the document. Email technically really isn't that secure. So if you have to send something that's very That if somebody does have access to it they can't open it without a password.Īnother reason you may want to password protect a document is when sending it to somebody else overĮmail. Other people could easily see it or maybe it's a little more difficult but you want to make sure Or school web server where you can put a file and it's kind of out of your control. Sometimes we also put files in public places. May store a file with some notes for a future job search and you want to make sure that yourīoss can't see that. You may want to protect a file from anybody else that wants to look. Other people may actually haveĪccess to it. But there are few situations that do occasionally come up.įor instance, you may not own your Mac. So in most cases when people ask me about password protecting or encryptingĪ document it's really not necessary.
Is encrypted so even if somebody steals your computer they still can't get into those files no Nobody can get into yourĪccount so nobody could see any of your files. If you have File Vault turned on then everything People to access then all of your files are really password protected.
Now as long as you have that setup and you don't leave it unlocked and lying around for other
You should be the only one that has the password to your account. But first let me tell you why it's probably not necessary.Įverybody that uses a Mac should have their own user account and should have it password So I'm often asked how you can password protect a document on your Mac. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 900 supporters. Let me show you how to password protect and encrypt documents. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out How To Password-Protect Documents On a Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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