Files can be made completely inaccessible, unmovable to another folder or hard drive, or undeletable to help prevent malicious (or accidental) removal of the file(s). With file security there are also three methods available.

It is nice to have the choice of three different methods of protection.

The user can decide for themselves whether they merely wish to lock access to the file folder, scramble the data or encrypt behind a password as well. There are three locking methods: Lock, Scramble and Encrypt. The software includes a few innovations that not every other folder protection software package has. KaKa Folder Protector is a folder lock-out software package that aims to add an additional layer of protection by creating private file folders. Apple’s support document about this SIP feature addresses only “Mac laptop with Apple silicon.' a fast, reliable, portable folder protector' Also, Macworld reader Scott informed us that the method below may work only with MacBooks it wasn’t available to him on his M1 Mac mini. But you need to have another account with admin rights on the Mac that also has its Home folder on the internal Mac storage. You can try the following workaround for the user account with the Home folder on an external drive.

wrote to us to say that SIP had to stay disabled for them in order to get iCloud to work properly across “all relevant apps.” So you may want to keep it off until Apple issues a fix Workaround if you have multiple admin accounts However, Macworld reader Andy in the U.K. Now you can re-enable SIP by repeating steps 1 through 4, but at the Terminal in step 2, enter the command csrutil enable instead. Go to System Settings and check your iCloud settings to make sure everything is enabled. You should be able to log into your account.

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