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Q: Best Apps to hide folders or my Documents Drive.

hello,

 

I would like to know which app is the best so as to hide my folders or my Documents Drive.

 

Thanks

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Jan 13, 2015 12:05 AM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jan 13, 2015 4:22 AM in response to varundev
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    Jan 13, 2015 4:22 AM in response to varundev

    Hide from who?

    Just log out of your account and the folders inside your Home folder subfolders are "hidden."

     

    How hidden do you want them to be?

    Using the Terminal, anyone using your account could see them easily.

    Some apps with show hidden folders in the open file dialog.

     

    If I thought there was any useful benefit to hiding a folder, I'd just use the Terminal to hide and unhide them.

    To hide,

    chflags hidden <path to folder/file>

    To unhide

    chflags nohidden <path to folder/file>

     

    If you want to secure the contents of certain folders, create an encrypted sparse bundle disk image for the "hidden" stuff. When you create it, don't choose to store the password in your keychain. To get to those folders, you double-click the disk image and it mounts like a hard drive. To "hide" the stuff, eject the mounted disk. How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image ...