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About a week and a half ago I followed instructions from the following article from HowToGeek and everything was working fine:
https://www.howtogeek.com/183826/how-to-create-an-encrypted-file-container-disk-image-on-a-mac/
I created three separate 'containers'. One of was 10GB, another one was 5GB, and the first one was just the smaller size that they offered me when I was first experimenting with this process.
Everything worked. I set a unique, complicated password which I also wrote down in a secret place. I put all of my most important files in these containers. I was able to access them each time that I entered the password. All of the files showed up without a problem.
Now, a few days later, my password is being rejected. First of all, remember it clearly. Second of all, I also wrote it down as I already mentioned. Nobody has had access to my laptop which is a Macbook Air. It is macOSMojave Version 10.14.3.
I do believe I upgraded it after setting up this encryption, but that does not seem like it should have anything to do with it. I was using High Sierra up until a few days ago (I believe the latest version).
I know nothing about how computers work. I have tremendously important files stored in all of these containers, and I was going to back them up to Time Machine next, now that they are encrypted.
What could possibly be causing the password not to work? There is zero chance I am entering the wrong password, and it is being rejected on all three dmg images. Thank you for any input! Again, the files that I have stored are incredibly important. (Some of them have been saved to external drives, but many of them have not).
TReleven
Posted 2019-03-27T18:33:45.827
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1Twisty Impersonator - Thank you! I was trying to figure out how to use a plain text editor, and yet decided first to just try again typing my password in manually. It worked, in all three cases! It's hard to believe I could actually have typed it in incorrectly 7+ times in a row (when I never seemed to have a problem before), but apparently that is what happened. Your suggestion really helped. I wonder if there could be something wrong with my keyboard, or maybe it's just because there are various letters requiring the shift button. – TReleven – 2019-03-27T19:03:21.123
Very strange. Especially because I though I was being extremely meticulous after it did not work the first three times. In any case, what a relief. Best regards! – TReleven – 2019-03-27T19:03:46.227
2I've seen it happened a hundred times where users entering a complex password when they can't see the characters make repeated mistakes. Don't feel bad, computers are extremely unforgiving when it comes to requiring your exact password. But that's a good thing. That's what keeps the bad guys out. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2019-03-27T19:59:35.880
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