Ajouter un mot de passe à un fichier zip sous Mac OS

Here’s  little tool that will avoid you to install a new useless app if you want to add a password to a zip file.

Create a zip file with MacOS

Mac OS already allows you to crete simple zip files (left-click / Compress),

Adding a password to a zip file

Here’s how to add  password to your new zip file :

• Launch the Terminal utility.
• Enter the following code :
• zip -er  name-of-the-new-file-that-you-want-to-create.zip (drag’n drop the zip file to protect) [Entrée]
• then enter the wanted password the twice times where it’ll be asked.

Here it is, the new protected file will be created by default at your user name root in the Finder.