Comments on: Daily Feeding: Hide Stuff in Plain Site http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Smee http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103256 Smee Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:26:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103256 Actually if you want stuff hidden, but secure, a small encrypted .dmg is a better option. You double click on it, enter your password and it mounts and is fully usable like a USB key or similar. As long as you don't check "save password in keychain" when mounting it is also very secure. I use it for passwords, financial details etc. Actually if you want stuff hidden, but secure, a small encrypted .dmg is a better option.

You double click on it, enter your password and it mounts and is fully usable like a USB key or similar. As long as you don’t check “save password in keychain” when mounting it is also very secure.

I use it for passwords, financial details etc.

]]> By: sunshwr http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103177 sunshwr Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:36:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103177 After having created the dot-folder in Terminal, you can access it in the Finder using Shift+Command+G. No third party software needed! After having created the dot-folder in Terminal, you can access it in the Finder using Shift+Command+G. No third party software needed!

]]> By: anon http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103156 anon Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:44:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103156 It looks like this is also nice because spotlight doesn't seem to be searching through .folders. It looks like this is also nice because spotlight doesn’t seem to be searching through .folders.

]]> By: divigation http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103152 divigation Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:27:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/21/daily-feeding-hide-stuff-in-plain-site/#comment-103152 And for those that want to hide and gain occasional access via the finder: defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES Dropping this line in terminal will reveal hidden files and folders in the Finder, and replacing YES with NO will reverse it. Also, knowing the address, you can go to hidden folders within Finder by using the Go To Location and putting in the path to the hidden folder. And for those that want to hide and gain occasional access via the finder:

defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES

Dropping this line in terminal will reveal hidden files and folders in the Finder, and replacing YES with NO will reverse it.

Also, knowing the address, you can go to hidden folders within Finder by using the Go To Location and putting in the path to the hidden folder.

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