How to Lock and Password Protect a Folder on Your Mac

Jun 25, 2010 lackerman 14 Comments

Do you use a shared computer, maybe your Mac at home that you use for personal and community work but that your significant other or little ones use for games, news, etc? It’s easy to protect certain documents from anybody accidentally deleting or changing them.

In the Finder window, right-click on the folder and choose “Get Info” and then at the bottom of that little window is “Sharing & Permissions” where you can set permissions based on user accounts/group, administrator, or “everyone.”

Protect now to avoid having to recover later!