How do I encrypt my USB drive (Mac)?

To encrypt a USB for Mac, you will need to make sure the format of the drive is "HFS+" (How do I do that?) as this is the only format OS X supports for encryption.

If you need to format your USB, save the work elsewhere first as formatting will completely erase the drive. Drives formatted with HFS+ can only be used on Mac.

• Open Finder
• Right click the USB stick that you want to encrypt then select Encrypt
  
  
• Choose a password and a hint
• Click Encrypt Disk
  
  

From now on the password will be required to open the USB.