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Hiding folders
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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I tried searching to see if someone already asked this but I didn't find it anywhere so here goes...
I'm a "switcher", and one thing nice in Windows is being able to "hide" a folder from other people who use the computer. Is there a similar feature in OSX? Being able to set a password for a folder would be great too - but don't see how to do it. Ideally I don't want to set up a guest account on the computer.
Thanks for any help!
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Singapore
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I use this.
Hope that is what you are looking for...
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Hi, there are a few little apps that can do this. The one I use is CloakIt.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
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with multiple users you shouldnt have to
but anyways, if you name a folder with a period at the start it will be invisible
but you will still be able to get to it by typing its path in "go to folder" in the go menu.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
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Thanks for the advice so far. I was hoping to avoid paying to do this so I tried the free options; when I tried typing a period in front of the folder name I received a message saying that that naming scheme was for system files only and to try something else. The LameSecure program at first looked good enough, but then I noticed that in the Finder's "Go - Recent Folders" you can access it directly - anyway to clear this menu? I thought clearing the Apple Menu's Recent Items would do it, but it only clears the Apple Menu, not the Go menu. Any thoughts?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2002
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To name a folder with a period you need to use terminal.
mv foldername .foldername
the 'mv' is actually 'move' but renaming is moving from one filename to the other. :shrug:
It looks as though the recent folders are saved in ~/library/preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
expand root, then recent folders. I don't know if you can just delete the items.
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