Hello Catherine, you can use disk utility to create a mountable disk image which you can set up as encrypted via a password. You can then move secret files onto this disk image and when finished eject the disk image. When you next open the disk image you enter the password which you defined when you created the disk image. When the disk image is not mounted its contents are invisible.
To open the disk utility press Command+Shift+A in finder to open the list of applications. Locate the utilities folder and therein you will see the disk utility. Open that program and look for new in the file menu. Use that to create a new disk image with the desired level of encryption. This disk image will have the file extension DMG and as far as finder is concerned is just another file. When you subsequently open the DMG file you will be prompted for the password which you specified when you originally created the disk image. If you then press Shift+Command+C in finder you will see the disk image which now looks like an external disk. YOu open that and can then see all your secret files. The disk image is just like a regular disk so you can organise your secret files into folders. I hope the above will get you started. If necessary get back to me and I can send you detailed step by step instructions. I use this technology to store lots of confidential files containing back account and credit card information and it all works fine. Good luck.... Paul Hopewell On 28 Apr 2013, at 09:53, Catherine Turner <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to have a file with lots of passwords and other sensitive > information written in it. Is it possible to password protect or > encrypt an individual file with TextEdit or other tools already on my > Macbook Pro, or if not, does anyone recommend an app or other way of > doing this? If this is possible with TextEdit/native stuff, could > anyone give me or point me to basic instructions about how to do this? > > Thanks, > Catherine > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
