This is the way to go, also you could bury your porn folder in system/library folders where most people don't look. worked on windows but sadly spotlight might find it in OSX
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Guide: The best way to hide your porn (confidential documents) on your Mac
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This is the way to go, also you could bury your porn folder in system/library folders where most people don't look. worked on windows but sadly spotlight might find it in OSX
Onto page 3 and nobody has mentioned the root user's home folder at /var/root?
You need at least an admin password to even look inside. (And if you try to use Finder's Go To Folder, it won't prompt you for a password, you need to use "sudo ls")
You need at least an admin password to even look inside. (And if you try to use Finder's Go To Folder, it won't prompt you for a password, you need to use "sudo ls")
I have to put in another vote for TrueCrypt. It has one thing most of the other methods don't: plausible deniability.
Basically, you create a hidden, encrypted volume within another encrypted volume. Password#1 will take you to a basic encrypted volume where you would put normal, innocent files, such as images of armchairs. Super-Secret password#2 is what gets you to the good stuff.
The great thing about this is that if you are ever uhh.."requested" to show the contents of the encrypted volume, no problem. Type away password#1, and show it off. Hidden volume #2 will never even show up until you enter your Super Secret Password.
Basically, you create a hidden, encrypted volume within another encrypted volume. Password#1 will take you to a basic encrypted volume where you would put normal, innocent files, such as images of armchairs. Super-Secret password#2 is what gets you to the good stuff.
The great thing about this is that if you are ever uhh.."requested" to show the contents of the encrypted volume, no problem. Type away password#1, and show it off. Hidden volume #2 will never even show up until you enter your Super Secret Password.
This is the way to go, also you could bury your porn folder in system/library folders where most people don't look. worked on windows but sadly spotlight might find it in OSX
Hide the folder in Spotlight preferences.
yeah, but then if someone looks in your spotlight list of things to not index it's plain as day which folder has your porn in it.
it does, but it doesn't.
It won't show up in your results unless you tell it to display system files in your results (there isn't a preference for this you have to manually tell it to for each and every search)
lol why are you hiding porn? i usually have it on my desktop. But im not downloading any on this macbook, a bit unsure about virusses.
