Thread: How To Hide Files And Folders In Mac

[Mac only] I’m sure everyone of us have something in our computer we do not want others to see. Let’s not discuss what they are but when situations like someone have to borrow your computer and you fear they might just accidentally clicked in or so, is quite disturbing.




Hide Folder as the name suggest, is a application I’m been using to keep my private files safe from people who will possiblity use my mac. The application is a freeware and is fairly easy to use. Upon install, just drag your folders or files inside Hide Folders’s Windows, select them and click Hide. These folder and files will then become invisible. Note that when you drag them over, it’s only copying the location, not the files. Therefore they are still physically there.



You can also password protect the entire Hide Folder windows, that means you will need password access to access the app in future. However this feature only comes with paid version of the app.

wow thanks I've always wanted to do that,,,
They must incorporate a similar tool into OSX

damnit, i wish i had a mac...my computer is going to the shits...

aside from hide folder, there're many other applications that perform the same function. some good sites to check out the latest application descriptions and test out the demos would be: the official apple website, versiontracker and macupdate. just hit up google. hope this helps.

You can also create a directory with a period as the first character. ie ".myFolder" and it will be hidden. Then if you want to access the folder, you open finder and click on "Go to folder..." in the "Go" menu and type in the name of the folder (including the period). Or you can create a script that will rename the folder for you when you want to toggle hide or show.

Tyanks mate , i am new to MAc , so this will be helpful to me

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