That’s standard behaviour.Īnd of course feel free to change 'MountedName' as well as 'Test'. Don’t worry, if you don’t see anything while typing the password. When you hit the return-key you will be prompted (twice) for the password. Hdiutil create -volname MountedName -encryption -size 500m -fs HFS+J -attach ~/Dropbox/Test.sparsebundle Assuming, your Dropbox folder is in the standard location (~/Dropbox), the following one line command will create an image called Test.sparseimage in your Dropbox, that will grow up to a size of 500 MB, has the name MountedName when, well, mounted and will be mounted after it is created: In Terminal you can do everything in one line. Click on Unlock if you need to edit the folder. It is noted that the locked Dropbox folder cannot be synced until it is unlocked. First, install and run Renee File Protector. You can create a sparseimage in Disk Utility or in the Terminal. How to lock folder with Renee File Protector: 1. So only the bands, that are changed, need to be reuploaded.Īdditionally a spareimage can grow up to a predefined size and thus won’t need all of the maximum space, if most of it is unused. That is an image-file, which exists as a collection of smaller files (bands).

Protect dropbox folder with password