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I don’t need to explain the importance of securing your external hard drives. If you take regular backup of your primary machine (which you should, if you are not already doing), chances are that you are using an external hard drive to do it. Doesn’t matter how secure your computer is, nobody is stopping someone from just carrying off your external hard-drive and accessing your data.

Even if you do not take backups on your hard drive, there are still a ton of files on them which you might want to keep away from prying eyes. Since hard-drives can be accessed by anyone using any device, it’s always better to protect yours by encrypting it. An encrypted hard drive will always require a password before anyone can access its contents. So, if you have not secured your external hard drives till now, this is how to password protect external hard drives on Mac and Windows. Password Protecting External Hard Drive on Mac There are two different methods you can use to encrypt your external hard drives on a Mac. Both the methods come inbuilt with macOS.

You don’t need any external software to do it. But, before we start, create and note down a strong password which you will be using to decrypt your hard drive after it has been encrypted. Fortnite on mac. Note: I tried these methods on my MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra but the method should work on macOS Sierra and older versions as well.

Method 1: Using Finder 1. Open the Finder window and locate your external drive on it. Then, r ight click (control + click) on the drive icon and select “ Encrypt (drive name)” from the drop-down menu. A dialogue box will open asking for you to create a strong password and a hint. Enter the password you already created and write down a hint. If you think you can remember the password without the hint, write anything (hint creation is mandatory), if only for throwing people off. Your hard drive will now be encrypted in the background.

Depending on the size of files inside it, it might take a lot of time. If you are using a big hard drive, it is better to leave it overnight. Method 2: Using the Disk Utility Tool You can also encrypt your external hard drive using the Disk Utility Tool. One thing to keep in mind is that this method will erase all your data before it encrypts the hard drive.

Hence, it is suitable only for a new hard drive. The main use of Disk Utility Tool is when you don’t want to encrypt the whole drive but only a part of it.

Disk Utility Tool will allow you to create partitions on your hard drive and then encrypt the partition you want to encrypt. Open the Disk Utility Tool by searching for it in Spotlight or by going to Finder->Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility.

Select your external drive from the left side menu and then click on the “ Erase” button. Remember that if there’s any data on the drive, it will be deleted using this process. Give the drive a name and then click on the “Format” option. Select the “Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)” option from the drop down menu as shown in the image below. As done previously, set a strong password and enter any hint if you want to. Now, click on the “Choose” button to format and encrypt your drive.