In the filevault window you can set a password by typing it in twice as well as set a password hint.
Lock usb drive mac.
In the disk utility app on your mac choose view show all devices.
Encrypt and protect a storage device with a password in disk utility on mac.
In the sidebar select the storage device you want to.
One option is to fully encrypt the external drive and lock it with password.
Encrypt external hard drive on mac.
Insert your usb drive into the mac and open a finder window.
Fortunately mac os x provides a few native solutions to help you protect your data on external hard drives.
On said site they ll find the oddly named rohos logon key which is a new the os x version at least downloadable application that turns the usb drive into a key that can lock a mac up tighter.
Set up usb lock on pc or mac rohos key logon is a software that can program a usb flash drive a mobile phone or even a bluetooth device to act as the key to unlock your system.
When you see your removable disk in the left panel right click it and select encrypt from the contextual menu.
If you do not see the encryption option in the drop down menu your usb flash drive has not been formatted using the guid partition map.
The best part about this application is that it s available for both windows and macos devices.