Comments on: Password Protect an External Drive in Mac OS X with Encrypted Partitions http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: alfanick http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-465129 alfanick Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:28:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-465129 "Doing this will format the external drive and erase all of it’s contents, back up the contents before proceeding, and do not lose the set password." “Doing this will format the external drive and erase all of it’s contents, back up the contents before proceeding, and do not lose the set password.”

]]> By: SAM http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-435600 SAM Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:29:50 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-435600 I DID AS ITS SAID ON THE TEXT NOW I LOST ALL MY DATA ON THE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE ICANT SEE ANYTHING ??? HELP PLZ ? I DID AS ITS SAID ON THE TEXT NOW I LOST ALL MY DATA ON THE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE ICANT SEE ANYTHING ??? HELP PLZ ?

]]> By: Be http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-428368 Be Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:52:26 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-428368 I searched for a few hours online to find out how to add a password with encrypted partitions and every other source didn't help much. I followed your steps and it works great! Thanks so much for the screenshots as well. It helped a bunch! I searched for a few hours online to find out how to add a password with encrypted partitions and every other source didn’t help much. I followed your steps and it works great! Thanks so much for the screenshots as well. It helped a bunch!

]]> By: chris http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-428088 chris Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:08:18 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-428088 i used this but now my mac doesnt prompt for password anymore and i cant format it using disk utility. what do? i used this but now my mac doesnt prompt for password anymore and i cant format it using disk utility.
what do?

]]> By: How to Encrypt an External Drive Quickly in Mac OS X http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-427432 How to Encrypt an External Drive Quickly in Mac OS X Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:50:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-427432 [...] they are USB drives, Firewire, or even SD cards. While you can still use the traditional route to encrypt disks through Disk Utility, from OS X Mountain Lion onward the process is streamlined directly into the Finder and [...] [...] they are USB drives, Firewire, or even SD cards. While you can still use the traditional route to encrypt disks through Disk Utility, from OS X Mountain Lion onward the process is streamlined directly into the Finder and [...]

]]> By: chris http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-411938 chris Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:22:20 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-411938 Since you need Lion 10.7+ for that option, will machines running older versions of osx be able to interact with the encrypted drives? Since you need Lion 10.7+ for that option, will machines running older versions of osx be able to interact with the encrypted drives?

]]> By: Seiji http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-407710 Seiji Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:56:52 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-407710 Not free though. :-( Not free though. :-(

]]> By: Seiji http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-407709 Seiji Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:55:14 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-407709 It's only available in Lion 10.7+. You'll have to upgrade. It’s only available in Lion 10.7+. You’ll have to upgrade.

]]> By: Alex http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-384076 Alex Tue, 01 May 2012 05:55:43 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-384076 Guys, try Lockngo. No need to prepare drive or reformat it. Very fast disk locking. It works for both Mac and PC. Guys, try Lockngo. No need to prepare drive or reformat it. Very fast disk locking. It works for both Mac and PC.

]]> By: olubukola http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-347161 olubukola Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:09:25 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-347161 i passworded my external hard drive using this method. the problem now is i did a clean installation after i upgraded to mac osx lion. now the computer does not detect the hard drive. what do i do? i passworded my external hard drive using this method. the problem now is i did a clean installation after i upgraded to mac osx lion. now the computer does not detect the hard drive. what do i do?

]]> By: David http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-332925 David Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:43 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-332925 I don't have the "Encrypted" option alongside the "Mac OSX Extended (Journaled)" option. In total I have 6 options, but none of which have the ability to encrypt. I tried making a new image on the drive since at least THAT one has the option (I chose 128 bit), but then it says "invalid argument" and doesn't make a new image. I really just want a basic password on my external HD so that the average joe won't be able to accidently plug it in and sift though it. I'm running 10.6.8 btw. What am I missing? I don’t have the “Encrypted” option alongside the “Mac OSX Extended (Journaled)” option. In total I have 6 options, but none of which have the ability to encrypt. I tried making a new image on the drive since at least THAT one has the option (I chose 128 bit), but then it says “invalid argument” and doesn’t make a new image.

I really just want a basic password on my external HD so that the average joe won’t be able to accidently plug it in and sift though it.

I’m running 10.6.8 btw. What am I missing?

]]> By: Applichiamo una password alle nostre unità esterne con OS X | iSpazio MAC http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-332527 Applichiamo una password alle nostre unità esterne con OS X | iSpazio MAC Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:15:45 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-332527 [...] Via | OSXDaily [...] [...] Via | OSXDaily [...]

]]> By: Storm608 http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-323462 Storm608 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:49:08 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-323462 How long should this process take? I tried encrypting an external 320GB EIDE drive, after erasing the drive. It took only a couple of minutes for DU to finish but then the drive would not mount. I waited about 10 minutes and finally rebooted the system. Did I not wait long enough? Upon reboot, the password entry box came up, I entered my password and got an error that the drive was unreadable. I clicked on the "Initialize" option that I was presented with and DU opened but it was unable to re-initialize the drive. It took booting into my BootCamp partition and using the Windows XP Disk Management system to perform a low-level format on the drive. I created a Windows partition on the drive and when I booted back into Lion, the drive mounted. I opened DU and was able to re-partition the drive with a GUID and format it unencrypted. It now works fine again. What did I do wrong? How long should this process take?

I tried encrypting an external 320GB EIDE drive, after erasing the drive. It took only a couple of minutes for DU to finish but then the drive would not mount. I waited about 10 minutes and finally rebooted the system. Did I not wait long enough?

Upon reboot, the password entry box came up, I entered my password and got an error that the drive was unreadable. I clicked on the “Initialize” option that I was presented with and DU opened but it was unable to re-initialize the drive.

It took booting into my BootCamp partition and using the Windows XP Disk Management system to perform a low-level format on the drive. I created a Windows partition on the drive and when I booted back into Lion, the drive mounted. I opened DU and was able to re-partition the drive with a GUID and format it unencrypted. It now works fine again.

What did I do wrong?

]]> By: Brendan http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-322751 Brendan Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:37:31 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-322751 Any way to do this without erasing the partitions of a drive? Any way to do this without erasing the partitions of a drive?

]]> By: Kalyan http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/25/password-protect-external-drive-mac-encrypted-partition/#comment-322674 Kalyan Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:06:17 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26348#comment-322674 Good topic. Can you educate us further how I can use this encrypted drive when I am reading or writing to a windows machine? Good topic. Can you educate us further how I can use this encrypted drive when I am reading or writing to a windows machine?

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