Password Particular Files

Hi I have some tickets in pdf format that i ordered through Ticketmaster for a couple upcoming concerts. Is there any way i can password protect just these particular pdf's so no one can go on my mac and print out my tickets?

Hello Thomas.
You shouldn't allow anyone access to your Mac when logged in to your user account and Home folder/directory.
If there is a family member or someone else that uses your Mac on a regular basis, you should create a user/login account for the regular user without admin privileges and disable automatic login which requires manually entering the password for your user login account when starting up or restarting the computer and you can also require your login password when waking the computer from sleep or screen saver.
For the occasional user, you can create a "Guest" user login account without admin privileges and enable Fast User Switching which makes the process of switching between login accounts a fast and easy process. When stepping away from your Mac, you can log out from your account or enable the screen saver, etc.
Other than that, yes by creating an encrypted disk image.
See About Encrypted Disk Images and How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image.
I use the same to protect sensitive files/data and I don't save the password for my encrypted disk image in my Keychain but when doing so, if you forget the password for the encrypted disk image, all files/data stored within cannot be recovered.

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I know this feature has been requested a number of times, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows whether or not the ability to password protect files and folders for sharing purposes is in the works? It appears to be a glaring omission to me, particularly as Adobe's vision for the Creative Cloud encompasses the corporate world, where security is obviously of great importance.
Any news would be welcome.
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Liam

Moving the discussion to File Hosting, Syncing, and Collaboration forum.
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First just try logging out and back in. Whatever is holding on to it may not be running after the logout thus freeing it so you can trash it after logging back in.
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Why can't I save my password protected file in a password protected folder?

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Dynamic UserID/Password for file Adapter

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How to use dynamic UserId/Password for file adapter ?
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Hi Chemmanz,
>>>>In our case the Id/Pwd of FTP Site changes freguently.
but do you have those passwords in the message payload?
if not then you will still have to fill it somewhere right?
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the only way would be to use java proxies and write a simple ftp adapter inside it (or your own adapter)
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Does anyone know how to deal with this type of individually protected file in OSX 4.6? I have tried the vault, and the get info, but nothing seems to work to even give me the option to enter a password for an individual file. They are jpeg, and QuickTime, and Photoshop .psd files.
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Then it's probably not 100%-compatible with the PDF security standard. You
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Password protected files do not preview.

Can someone help me?
When I upload a password protected file with restrictions on printing and editing it does not preview the file. I have not set any password for viewing or opening the file. I want to share the document but not allow for people to download it i.e. just for online viewing.
I do understand that download of the document is inevitable for a person that has some basic level of computer literacy but still want to get that done.
Is what I am trying to accomplish possible?
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Edit: I am referring to Acrobat.com document management and sharing.

Hi
I am having the same problem, the image does not appear in the main preview box, it is shown in the sidebar window but you cannot drag it into the main window, I have tried tiff and jpg but to not avail, the only way I can import into main window is converting the picture into eps (but it then automatically converts to a PDF format before importing), I am running 10.6.2, any ideas

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All
I need to find some solution for next problem (Visual Studio 2010). I have a form with some buttons. Those buttons open Excel-files from a network share and the Excel-files are marked as shared (meaning they can be opened/edited by multiple users from different
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Hi,
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<DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="GetWindowTextW")> _
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After uploading a Pages 09 password protected file from my laptop it shows as a page with the Pages 09 icon in the center (no visible text) in iCloud. So far so good. But once I open that doc using my iPhone, a task that as expected requieres entering the password, the protection seems to disapear and the file gets saved without the protection right in iCloud. The icon for the document changes from the Pages icon I described above to the text of the first page, just as a regular file, and if I try to open it back again entering the password is not requiered!
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Files stored in iCloud are stored locally as well as on some remote Apple server - just not on the desktop. You cannot keep the file on the desktop but you should be able to locate it in your Mobile Documents folder, make an alias, and put the alias on your desktop.
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Someone sent me a password protected file and I want to save it on my computer without the password.
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Scott

Hi Scott,
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How to open password protected files in Numbers for iPad?

In my company, there are formats created in Excel 2010 which have password-protetected cells. Neither Numbers, nor Doccuemts to Go can't open them.
The workaround is having someone open the file in my office and re-save it in an older version, but it messes up with the formatting and it's simply not a practical solution.
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Is it possible to set an opening date for a password protected file!
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Well you can write a recursive/iterative code using methods provided by
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OpenInWindowEx Method fails to open password protected file.

Hi,
I am getting issue while opening password protected file thru OpenInWindowEx Method. It rerurn 0. So please let me know how to open paasword protected file thru code ?
Regards,
Arvind

Hi,
It just returns 0 which means failed to open file. And I am using Adobe Acrobat 8.1.3 on window XP.
You can test this in the sample application named ActiveViewVC.
So I want to know whether we can open password-protected file using the OpenInWindowEx method or not?.
Please let me know your response
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Arvind

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Hello
I'm facing issue while printing pdf password protected file via Airprint.
From my iPhone /iPad I can print without any issue to my HP dj 2540 almost everything except pdf password protected file.
The same pdf file (protected with password) can be printed without any issue form any PC/laptop.
Do anyone have any idea on how to solve this issue, please?
Thanks
regards
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