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That is it will be seen if you put it in the Documents folder asa dmg. In the image below you will see "Save As" give this a name that is fairly innocent it will be the visible part of the folder. Click File and scroll down to "NewImage" and in the submenu select "Blank Image"Ĥ. At the top of the desktop you will see theFile menu in the Disk Utility menu bar.ģ. Open the Disk Utility app in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder.Ģ.
#ENCRYPT A .DMG FILE AFTER IT'S BEEN MADE PASSWORD#
When you click on it you are asked for the password then it will "mount" a folder on you desktop and open like a folder and remain there until you "eject" it.ġ. You decide the size, name, encryption level and password at creation then you can put it anywhere you like. This is a virtual disk with it's own encryption key which opens like a folder and can contain any type of file you like. You can use Disk Utility to create an encrypted dmg (Disk Image). Well, only one risk really, and that is forgetting the "master" password but perhaps you would feel more comfortable with this. There is another alternative which i used initially for some time but it does have it's inherent risks.
#ENCRYPT A .DMG FILE AFTER IT'S BEEN MADE SOFTWARE#
I know you said you have a scheme to remember them, but why waste brain power on that when there is software to handle it? I also keep credit card information there just in case I lose the card, along with software registrations to unlock some of my software if I have to reinstall. The rest of them are all 15-18 character nonsense generated by 1Password or Safari and which, for the most part, automatically populate. The one to log into my Mac, the emergency password for my iPhone 11Pro (for when facial recognition fails, which is almost never), and the one for 1Password. Encrypted as well.Īt this point, I personally know three passwords for all my accounts. I don't think it's stored in iCloud, it just passes through as part of the sync. Apple's security is pretty good, the only breeches were through password phishing, and with 2FA, that is much more unlikely now. And what is moved through iCloud or Dropbox is a highly encrypted file, so even if it is intercepted, it will be unreadable.Īnd the Safari keychain syncs through iCloud to all your Safari-enabled devices, using an encrypted file as well. Or you can turn off sync altogether and be responsible for it yourself. You have a choice of syncing between the devices by iCloud, or Dropbox or by a folder to share the data directly. Nothing has to be stored anywhere except on your Mac/iPhone. I appreciate the reluctance to paying for something when you don't want to, but let me urge you to reconsider 1Password and some of the others.
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Most have free trial periods so i would suggest you simply try one and see if you like it. Really I cannot see how anyone can manage these days without a Password Manager of some sort. It had the added advantage of a free iOS version which synced via iCloud. The best I could find at the time was Enpass, it had a one time fee and only stored passwords locally (on my computer).
I did not try 1Password at the time but I now see that it is quite good although it too is now a subscription model. So i looked at the popular apps but did not like OnePass or a few others because they stored your password in their own data base and were subscription based.
#ENCRYPT A .DMG FILE AFTER IT'S BEEN MADE UPDATE#
Occasionally i would need to update or change a password then i would have to update the file, occasionally i would make a mistake and have to repeat the process and it all just became a bit too much bother. doc) with a list of passwords but as the list grew and i realised the security risk as well as the plain inconvenience of having to access it more and more frequently I started looking for something better. I resosted the idea of having a password manager for a long time doing what you suggest you have been doing, having a document (MS Word.
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