I want my school folders to ask for a password when I open them.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
G'day kilo15.
This can be achieved with or without 3rd party apps. If you want to go with what's already on your Mac, then Disc Utility is worth a look.
Open up the "Disc Utility" application
File>New>Disk Image from Folder...
Choose a folder to protect, then choose
"AES-128" encryption and press
Save.
Enter your newly created password twice.
What this process actually does is creates a disk image file (.dmg). The disk image contains the entire contents of the folder, but only you can open it with your password.
To access your school folder, just double-click the .dmg file in Finder. Then in the text box that appears enter your password and the dmg will be mounted as an image and you can see the contents of your school folder.
If you want to give a 3rd Party app a go, then you could try
eyeHide (click link)