Make folders invisible in the Finder
Nov 29, '01 01:09:06PM
Contributed by: phayd
If you wish to hide certain portions of your system in the Finder, open a terminal session and type:
sudo pico /.hidden
After putting in your password, it will open a file in pico with a list of folders. Adding any folder to this list will hide it. For instance, for some reason Mac OS 9's "temporary items" folder is not hidden by default, so by modifying .hidden, it can be.
If you want to access a hidden file or folder in the finder, choose "Go to Folder..." from the Go menu, or create an alias before you hide the folder.
I've hidden everything but my users, Applications and Applications(Mac OS 9) folders in the root. It really cleans up the root folder, and I can still access everything. I cannot get a .hidden file to work in my Home folder, though. If anyone knows how, I would like to hide my Desktop Folder.
[Editor's note: This is essentially the opposite of a hint posted a while back that explains how to use .hidden to make things visible in the Finder.]
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