[bronzebruce13]

Just bought a new Ipod 80 gig.

I want to store about 10 gigs of data (some of it personal, etc.) on it as a back up. Is there any way I can "password protect" a single folder and all its contents... or the whole Ipod if I choose? I would not want to have to put in a PW to use the music personally, but could imagine some people wanting to "lock" their Ipod.

In any event, my main concern is protecting the data. I would like the folder's contents to be unviewable/unopenable and uncopyable to another drive without the pw.

Suggestions?

[analogika]

You could create a password-protected zip file, or, if you're only on Macs, an encrypted disk image that you can just mount with a double-click.

[bronzebruce13]

Originally Posted by analogika 

You could create a password-protected zip file, or, if you're only on Macs, an encrypted disk image that you can just mount with a double-click.

Thanks for the input Analogika... however, my preference would be to have the files uncompressed and ready to use in regards to the "Zip" file suggestion.

As for the encrypted disk image, I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar. I want to prevent anyone else from possibly viewing, opening or copying files in specific folders. I'm not clear on how a double click mount would accomplish this desired restriction?

The flash drive I purchased last year came with software to do this, but it was designed only for a PC.

Any other suggestions?

[slugslugslug]

What he means is that you double-click the disk image, enter a password, and it mounts. Once you're done using it, eject the mounted disk and the info's password-protected again. Launch Disk Utility and browse its help or check out Google for the details. I haven't used these for myself, but from what I've heard, it's dead simple once you set it up.

[bronzebruce13]

Originally Posted by slugslugslug 

What he means is that you double-click the disk image, enter a password, and it mounts. Once you're done using it, eject the mounted disk and the info's password-protected again. Launch Disk Utility and browse its help or check out Google for the details. I haven't used these for myself, but from what I've heard, it's dead simple once you set it up.

Thanks very much slug(cubed)... I'll look into it.

[analogika]

Again - encrypted disk images are a Mac-only solution, so they're out if you need cross-platform accessibility.

[bronzebruce13]

Originally Posted by analogika 

Again - encrypted disk images are a Mac-only solution, so they're out if you need cross-platform accessibility.

Thanks again analogika... I made a disk image and it works great!
Great advice.