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Password for External Hard Drives
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jpa
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Jan 26, 2009, 04:38 AM
 
Hello guys,

Is there a way to set up a password on a regular external hard drive (USB)?

Thanks for your help

JP
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Jan 26, 2009, 06:09 AM
 
Encrypted disk image?
     
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Jan 26, 2009, 06:52 AM
 
Originally Posted by jpa View Post
Hello guys,

Is there a way to set up a password on a regular external hard drive (USB)?

Thanks for your help

JP
As above, I use encrypted Disk Image all the time for my USB flash drives, and all my other external HDD's for that matter.

And my backup CD and DVD data copies.

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Jan 26, 2009, 07:57 AM
 
Encrypted Disk Image????
Is that a third party software?

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Jan 26, 2009, 08:00 AM
 
guys I think I have found the link to that!!!
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578
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Jan 26, 2009, 08:08 AM
 
Originally Posted by jpa View Post
guys I think I have found the link to that!!!
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578
We forget just how much we now know, and how little we knew in the beginning !

Yes, that's the one

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Jan 26, 2009, 11:59 AM
 
You could try Espionage.

It's maybe a bit more integrated into the Finder than encrypted disk images.

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Jan 28, 2009, 08:54 AM
 
Or there's this, not sure how useful it would be though !

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/01/28/co...-flash-drives/

It would just take a little time to crack it.

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