Hidden Files

[FongMan]

How do you make a file hidden? I was told to put a "." or "," at the beginning of the name (eg: ".FongMan.jpg") but when i do that it tells me that i can't start with a "." because it's reserved for the system. So can anybody tell me how to make a file hidden and how to view/unhide them please?

 

[trainguy77]

you need to do it in terminal. There may be a app out there to do it for you but i don't know.
EDIT: found it: http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/friedman/index4.ws

 

[andysmith]

First off, open up the Terminal.
Then type 'cd ' (note the space), and drag on the folder containg the file/folder you want to make hidden. Now press return.
If your file is called 'mypicture.jpg', type this:

mv mypicture.jpg .mypicture.jpg

To open it again, you can either rename it back:

mv .mypicture.jpg mypicture.jpg

Or just open up the hidden one:

open .mypicture.jpg

Hope this helps

Edit: simplified it a bit..

 

[FongMan]

Sadly i know absolutely nothing about using Terminal

 

[FongMan]

Oh thanks, let me try that now,

 

[Unorthodox]

Try using HideFolder. You can make hidden files or folders.

 

[FongMan]

That program looks alot easier, Thanks very Much

 

[Unorthodox]

Wait for it.....
Yep, here it comes.... The warm fuzzy feeling you get after helping someone.

 

[FongMan]

Haha, yeh i know the feeling. Kinda wish i could use the password feature but oh well, not gonna pay for it since nobody in this family knows a thing about mac

 

[Unorthodox]

What are you hiding?!?!
I you want to be secretive, why don't you just make your very own password protected account?
If it's a picture or text file you can convert it to a password protected PDF.