disk image question

(yes, I did a Search.)

I found a thread that explained how to create a password protected disk image by using Disk Utility.

But, no matter how many times I tried, when I double-clicked on the file to open it, no window opened and I couldn't find where to enter the password.

I must have missed something. Help?

 

You probably can't just open the disk image (depends on the software you are using), you will have to deploy it back to a disk. When you want to deploy it back to a disk, it will ask you for the password.

 

thanks, Hep! But, what does "deploy it back to a disk" mean?

 

Uhh, I kinda think he may be talking about a windows thing..

But I'm not sure if you're talking about creating a disk image, or once its created you open it buy it doesnt ask for the password.

When you create the disk image, the 'password' option is the Encryption dropdown. Choose 128bit or 256, and then at some point during the creation of the disk image, itll ask for the password. Make sure that you uncheck the box that says 'store password in keychain', otherwise it will auto mount when you open it.

But yea, if you created one with a password, and it doesnt ask for it, it just auto mounts, you probably had the store in keychain option checked when you created it. Recreate the image, and uncheck it or see if you can take it out of keychain, i dont know if you can do it though.

Follow those steps, and I think it should solve youre problem.

 

Do'h, sorry. Yeah, I was not talking about .dmgs, I was talking about disk imaging which is OS independent. My bad!