While the reasons for locking a PDF file can be as varied as the reasons for creating it, there are essentially two main reasons to lock a PDF: to control who can access the document, or to control ...

Some Office users have recently experienced “Unknown error trying to lock file” while using Office apps like Excel, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint, etc. It’s even ...

Google Workspace is getting a new feature that allows users to lock files and limit who gets access to them. The new feature ultimately locks certain files to ensure nobody can open them no matter ...

Microsoft’s file hosting service, OneDrive is extensively used by Windows users to access files, folders, photos from anywhere irrespective of the device you use. Additionally, it allows users to ...

I'm trying to control concurrent access to a file in a Win32 application. The file is a SQLite database, and on Windows SQLite opens files via CreateFile() with FILE_SHARE_READ and FILE_SHARE_WRITE ...

File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

We have a need for users in distributed locations to work on large multimedia files. Right now these files are available to users in a big CIFS filetree. Although high-bandwidth VPN connections are ...

A first-come, first-served technique for managing data in a multiuser environment. The first user to access the file or data record prevents, or locks out, other users from accessing it. After the ...

The Get Info window’s Locked option prevents changes on a single Mac, and modifies the item’s Finder icon. Macworld reader Jeff noted that when he uses the Locked option, files stored in iCloud Drive ...