How to Create a "secure" Password Protected USB

by Emiliano Valencia in Circuits > USB

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How to Create a "secure" Password Protected USB

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In these instructable I will teach you how to make a password protected USB to securely store your files. for example; these will be useful to transport files in your USB that you dont want other people to see or change. these will allso be useful if you want to send some files to somebody in the world by UPS or something like that.

Step 1: Make It "secure"

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First, go to applications, utilities and open disk utility.
Then, click on "new image" and type in whatever name you want to save it with.
make sure  its set in read/write and in AES 128 bit encriptation.
next, it will ask you for a password, type in your selected password and click "ok".

Creation and Transfering

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1. wait for it to be created.
2. you will end up with a file named "whateverunamedit".dmg.
3. plug in your USB.
4. simply drag the file into your USB and wait for it to be copyed.

Done

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done, your secure usb is now completed.
to unplug it you first need to unmount your file from the devices part or from the desktop.
the you just unmount your usb and you're set.

Usage

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to load your files to your secure usb you need to;
first, plug and open your usb.
then, open your .dmg file. it will ask you for your password so just type it in and you will see a new device (just like the usb) with the name of your  .dmg file.
next, open these device and copy your files in there.
to safely take it apart from your computer, repeat step 3.