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Create hidden yet easy-to-access folders
Authored by: mm2270 on Aug 01, '05 01:30:03PM

First off, there are probably a hundred different little utilities on the 'net that do this very same thing for you, but through a GUI, not that it's hard to do via the Terminal.

Second, if you access the hidden folder via the Go to Folder command, you'll need to remember to clear your Recent Folders submenu after each access, or the .secret folder, or whatever you choose to call it, will show up there, accessible to anyone who can use a mouse to pull down a menu.

So all in all, this is only a very simplistic way to hide files.



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Create hidden yet easy-to-access folders
Authored by: mmouse on Aug 02, '05 01:52:34PM

Don't forget -- Mac OS X also helpfully remembers the last entry used in the 'Go to Folder...' dialogue box/sheet, so that will need to be cleared each time by doing a second 'Go to Folder...' after each access of the invisible folder.

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mmouse



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