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what's the purpose of locking icloud notes?

hi all :)

so i have never been able to figure out:

what's the purpose of locking icloud notes?

i mean, what exactly does it protect you from?

and what does it not?

thanks for explaining!

MacBook Air 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Sep 13, 2021 10:14 PM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2021 11:24 PM

If there are multiple admin accounts in Mac say family members or whoever is accessing the Mac when admin password is revealed , and primary administrator don't want to share or look whatever is saved in locked notes , in those scenarios it restricts another account holders to view locked notes see the article Lock your notes on Mac - Apple Support

note : the admin password and locked notes passwords are kept different .

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Sep 13, 2021 11:24 PM in response to coatli

If there are multiple admin accounts in Mac say family members or whoever is accessing the Mac when admin password is revealed , and primary administrator don't want to share or look whatever is saved in locked notes , in those scenarios it restricts another account holders to view locked notes see the article Lock your notes on Mac - Apple Support

note : the admin password and locked notes passwords are kept different .

what's the purpose of locking icloud notes?

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