Privaulty
Privaulty is a macOS app for creating encrypted folders and password-protecting sensitive files you want to keep private on your Mac.
What is Privaulty?
Privaulty is a Mac security and privacy app focused on locking and encrypting folders. It helps users protect confidential documents, personal files, and other sensitive data with password-protected encrypted storage on macOS. The app is designed for people who want a simple desktop tool for keeping private folders separate from everyday files without relying only on full-disk encryption. Common uses include securing work documents, financial records, archived projects, and shared Mac accounts where extra folder-level privacy is useful. Privaulty also supports unlocking protected folders for normal access and locking them again when you are finished, and its listed features include iCloud sync and backup support for protected data. The publisher is Hyperartflow.
Key features
- Create new encrypted folders for sensitive files.
- Password-protect folders to restrict access.
- Encrypt and decrypt data while you work with it.
- Unlock folders in read-write or read-only mode.
- Lock protected folders again after use.
- Maintain private folders inside a dedicated vault workflow.
- Sync and back up protected folders with iCloud.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Privaulty's purpose is consistent with requesting access to files and folders you choose to protect, because encryption apps need to read and write that data. Use extra care with any security app that stores important documents: keep backups, test recovery before relying on it, and make sure you understand whether a forgotten password can be reset. If you use iCloud sync for protected folders, remember that encrypted data may be copied to cloud storage as part of that workflow.
Recommendation: Keep Privaulty if you actively use it to protect folders or encrypted files on your Mac. If you do not use its vaults anymore, you can remove the app after confirming you have unlocked, exported, or backed up any protected data you still need, since deleting the app without planning could leave important files inaccessible.
Common paths
/Applications/Privaulty.app
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