When you store photos on your Mac, there may be a handful of photos that you don’t want others to see. To keep them private, you can lock these photos on your Mac so that they stay away from prying eyes. In this post, we’ll help you lock your photos on a Mac so that only you can view them when you want.

There are two ways to lock your photos on a Mac: using the Photos app or the Disk Utility app.

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You can use the Photos app to lock your photos if you have your photos stored in that app. If your photos are stored somewhere else, you will need to move them to the Photos app to lock them.