How to Protect Folders With Passwords in MacOS
Both MacOS and Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education Editions have their own encryption programs that you can use to encrypt and password-protect files and folders on your hard drive. Windows 10 Home Edition does not come with any encryption software, but you can still use third-party software to encrypt and password-protect your files and folders.
1-Open Spotlight. It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
2-Type disk utility then press ⏎ Return. This will open the Disk Utility app.
3-Click File. This menu item is in the top-left side of the Mac's screen.
4-Select New Image, then click Image from Folder. This will open a finder window.
5-Select the folder you want to password protect and click Open. Click the box at the top of the pop-up window, click your folder's location (e.g., Desktop), click your folder, and click Open.
6-Enter a name for your folder. Do so in the "Save As" field.
7-Click the "Encryption" drop-down box and select 128-bit AES encryption. It's in the "Encryption" drop-down menu.
8-Click the "Image Format" drop-down box.
9-Click read/write. This option will allow you add and remove files to your encrypted folder later.
10-Click Save. This button is in the bottom-right corner of the window.
11-Create a password and click Choose. Enter a password you want to set for your folder in the "Password" field, and enter it again in the "Verify" field to confirm. Then click the "Choose" button to set the password.
12-Click Save. It's a blue button at the bottom of the window. Doing so will create an encrypted copy of the original folder.
13-Click Done when prompted. Your password-protected folder has been created. Your new password protected folder will appear as a ".dmg" file.
14-Open the password-protected folder. Double-click the newly created ".dmg" file to open your password-protected folder. This will prompt you for a password.
15-Enter the password you set earlier and click OK. Your folder will open as a mounted virtual "drive" on the desktop. Once unlocked, this will open a window and display your files.
16-Lock the folder. When you are done, you can lock the folder again by "Ejecting" the drive that was opened by one of the following ways:
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