Password protect/unprotect 11 out of 12 tabs when i edit

Hi Guys, i have 12 tabs(worksheets) one for each month. i use the Jan tab(worksheet) to edit and then a macro to update the other 11 worksheets. what i would like to add is at the start of the macro to update i wanted to add code to unprotect the 11 worksheets i have password protected and once it has updated the worksheets to password protect the 11 worksheets again....is this possible. i have attached the macro i am using at the moment

updateTickSheets Macro
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Sub updateTickSheets()
Sheets("Jan").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Feb").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Mar").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Apr").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("May").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Jun").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Jul").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Aug").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Sep").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Oct").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Nov").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Dec").Select
Rows("2:47").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme, Operation:=xlNone _
, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Range("G2").Select
Sheets("Jan").Select
Range("G2").Select
End Sub

Please use code tags when posting code to the forum (forum rule 2)

Your code is not very readable and has way to much code..
It is relative easy to unprotect and protect sheets before and after code needed for the worksheet

I think your whole code can be reduced to
(this is untested ofcourse as there is no testfile

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if you decide to keep your own code this is how you need to add the unprotect and protect lines on each part (I only do one)

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Thanks for your quick response and everything is running ok after the mod