Video: Password Protect PDFs On The Mac

Video: Password Protect PDFs On The Mac

This video on password protecting PDFs is part of a series of quick videos on paperless tips and topics. View more in the series here.

Sometimes you have a PDF that you want to keep from prying eyes. If you have a Mac, the Preview.app that comes with OS X has password protection functionality built in.

View the video below, or click here to watch it on YouTube. If you are able to, I recommend that you watch it with HD turned on.

About the Author

Brooks Duncan helps individuals and small businesses go paperless. He's been an accountant, a software developer, a manager in a very large corporation, and has run DocumentSnap since 2008. You can find Brooks on Twitter at @documentsnap or @brooksduncan. Thanks for stopping by.

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Jane - October 31, 2012 Reply

How could I have missed this brilliant option on my Mac? Thanks, Brooks! And your desktop…that clean desktop has motivated me to clean mine up!!

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