How to Modify the Locked Properties of a PDF File. The PDF file format gives businesses the ability to create portable documents that users can view on almost any computing platform and in ...

In OS X there are several ways to prevent access to files, including putting them in locked disk images or changing their permissions setting so only select accounts on the system are permitted to ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be ...

Windows only: Determine what programs are using a locked file with freeware utility, WhoLockMe. We recently covered how to delete locked files, but let's say—rather than using a brute force ...

Unlocker is a freeware application using which you can unlock any file or folder. Just right click on the file which is causing the problem and click on Unlocker in the context menu.

How to unlock files encrypted by Petya ransomware for free Security researchers have released a new tool which can decrypt and salvage files locked by the malware.

Until today, Microsoft Windows users who’ve been unfortunate enough to have the personal files on their computer encrypted and held for ransom by a nasty strain of malware called CryptoLocker ...

Prior to Big Sur, locked files would have a lock image overlaid on its icon in the Finder. Big Sur only shows that lock overlay in the Get Info dialog box.