Want to know how to make a completely hidden folder in OS X that Finder leaves absolutely no trace of? Here's how:
Part One: Making the directory:
We are going to use a little program called Terminal. Open your utilities folder and start it up.
Now you should have a window that looks kind of like TextEdit but with two lines of text already there.
In the Terminal window, type the following, then press enter:
If your terminal window looks something like this, you're set:
Part Two: Putting files in, and accessing the directory:
Most tutorials will tell you to go to "Go" in the Finder menu bar, and enter the hidden folder into the "Go to folder" box, but what happens if someone else wants to use that box? They will see your folder already typed there!!
We are again going to use the Terminal.
Open it up and type the following:
You should get a Finder window with a blank folder. Drag all your secret files in there and you're set!
Close the Finder and Terminal windows and there is no trace of your activity anywhere (Not even in "Recent Items")
Anytime you want to see the folder, just open Terminal and type "open /.porn".
Of course you can replace "porn" with whatever word you want, just make sure that it begins with "/."
GEEK NOTE:
You are making this folder on the root directory of your hard drive, if you want to store the hidden file elsewhere, just do /path/to/your/directory/.secretstash
The folder will only be hidden if it begins with a dot, and it was created in Terminal.
Part One: Making the directory:
We are going to use a little program called Terminal. Open your utilities folder and start it up.
Now you should have a window that looks kind of like TextEdit but with two lines of text already there.
In the Terminal window, type the following, then press enter:
Code:
mkdir /.pornIf your terminal window looks something like this, you're set:
Code:
Last login: Sun Jan 4 21:04:49 on ttys000
Jamies-MacBook:~ jamie$ mkdir /.porn
Jamies-MacBook:~ jamie$Part Two: Putting files in, and accessing the directory:
Most tutorials will tell you to go to "Go" in the Finder menu bar, and enter the hidden folder into the "Go to folder" box, but what happens if someone else wants to use that box? They will see your folder already typed there!!
We are again going to use the Terminal.
Open it up and type the following:
Code:
open /.pornYou should get a Finder window with a blank folder. Drag all your secret files in there and you're set!
Close the Finder and Terminal windows and there is no trace of your activity anywhere (Not even in "Recent Items")
Anytime you want to see the folder, just open Terminal and type "open /.porn".
Of course you can replace "porn" with whatever word you want, just make sure that it begins with "/."
GEEK NOTE:
You are making this folder on the root directory of your hard drive, if you want to store the hidden file elsewhere, just do /path/to/your/directory/.secretstash
The folder will only be hidden if it begins with a dot, and it was created in Terminal.
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