Lock away your private files with a password known by you, and you alone. Folder Lock 7 ($40, five-day free trial) is a one-stop-shop for file encryption and data security. It’s impressive and ...

I did not download a file locker. I repurposed a tool I already had.

Google has announced a new feature for its file storage and synchronisation service Google Drive. The new feature makes it easier for users to lock files in Google Drive. According to Google, locking ...

Privacy, privacy, privacy. The word on everyone’s lips is making its way to our smartphones. And after seeing which are the best apps to hide or lock files on ...

Easy File Locker is a lightweight and easy-to-use file lock software product for Windows 11/10. It can protect your private files and folders. With its great protection, users will not be able to open ...

A person’s need and right is privacy. And with more and more information being stored in our computers, laptops, and, more recently – smartphones and tablets, it’s understandable that many have the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Keep your private data hidden from anyone who may have access to your laptop. Keep your private data hidden from ...

File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

Some Office users have recently experienced “Unknown error trying to lock file” while using Office apps like Excel, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint, etc. It’s even ...

To avert the problems associated with the file locking mechanism, POSIX introduced record locking via the fcntl() syscall (the pre-POSIX lockf() and flock() syscalls provide the same functionality but ...