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Do you have private PDF files that you want to share on your Mac? If that is the case you need to password protect by your PDF files with an open and user password. The open password restricts one from viewing whereas the user password restricts one from printing, editing and copying PDF files. You may have a number of PDFs to protect and thus you have to perform batch password protection. Batch processing is time saving and cost effective. In this article we will show you how to batch password protect PDF files on Mac using a PDF locker.
When you want to batch protect PDF files on mac, use Wondershare PDFelement for Mac. This software allows you to protect PDF files with an open password and also permission restrictions. It is software that allows you to add passwords to multiple files at ago. It has a great user interface that makes it easier to upload PDF files and batch protect.
Features of Wondershare PDFelement for Mac:
On the Home window of the program, click on the "Open File" button and upload the file. Another way to open file with the program is to click on "File" and then "Open > From File". You can also get the PDF file from recent documents panel if you had opened with the program.
On the new window that happens, you can now search for the "Protection" button. This button is located on the lower right hand side of the screen. Click on "Protection" and then scroll through and click on the "Batch Encrypt" button. Next click on permissions options, provide permission password, and confirm it. After that click on "Next".
What follows is for you to add all the PDF files that you want to protect with the same passwords you have created. Click on the "Add" button and upload the files. Next to it is a folder icon that allows you to upload a folder with the PDF files to protect. Once you have uploaded all the files you can now proceed and click on the "OK" button on the bottom right.
Next select where to save your protected files and save them by clicking on the "OK" button.
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