![]() ![]() The question was specific and I answered it as such. I didn't even bother to ponder whether or not the OP would find it irritating to have to lock and unlock the screen every time they went to the bathroom, and neither did you apparently. I didn't want to presume that he/she didn't already know about the password protected screen lock or similar features. My attitude in all of this is actually very neutral, and only meant to serve one purpose: to answer the OP's question. I never stated that he shouldn't take other measures, because perhaps he's already aware of those things. Hey, that's really nice and all, and I really appreciate the poor rep mark as well, especially considering that all I said was geared towards helping the OP achieve WHAT HE ASKED. And anything you put in here will not show up in Spotlight.Ĥ) If at any time you want to delete this folder, go back to the Terminal and typeīut beware, this deletes the folder and all of its contents. See? It's right above your Home Folder, meaning it's really in there! You can drag anything here - music, movies, documents, literally anything - treat it like any other folder. This tells you the hierarchy of where the folder is nested on your hard drive. Tada, this is your hidden folder! If you don't believe me, Command-Click on the folder name at the top of the window. If you did things right, you should not see anything different!ģ) In the Finder, go to Go -> Go to Folder, or hit Command-Shift-G. hidden to anything you want, just as long as the period is in front.Ģ) Now navigate to your Home Folder. The command mkdir makes a new folder (make a directory) in your Home folder. The problem is, you have to remember that before you do anything else, you should enter some other string of characters into the search box of the "go to folder" menu item so that the next time someone might go into it, it will display the last thing you entered.ġ) Open the Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal). ![]() The way you access the folder is by opening Finder and going into the menu "go to folder" and then put the name of the hidden folder in with the "." in front of it. ![]() You basically put a period in front of the name of the directory you want to hide and it's hidden from view from anywhere. ![]() You can however pay for the pro version, which will password protect your "hidden" items. There's an app called "hide folders" which works fairly well BUT the caveat is that if someone finds the actual application, as soon as they open it, they'll see the folder which is hidden then all they have to do is click on "show", which will then un-hide the folder. But even that might not be 100% effective. What you'll need to do is hide the folder entirely. Yeah, I don't get that about OS X either. ![]()
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