How to hide a file in mac os. How to set a password for a folder in Mac OS X, and how to protect information from prying eyes
Protecting information or how to put a password on a folder in Mac OS X - necessary information for those who have something to store. This could be text or a password, a video file or folders with files that need to be protected from unauthorized access. To do this, Mac OSX provides the ability to set a password for folders with files and create text documents with password protection. First of all, we will talk about how to set a password for a folder in Mac OS, with the ability to add any files and documents.
In this case, the folder with the password will be a password-protected disk image. When you double-click, the password is entered in the window that appears, then the disk is “mounted” and appears on the desktop and on the left side of the Finder window. The folder (disk) size is set when it is created. To finish working with a password-protected folder, drag it to the Trash or on the left side of any Finder window, click on the arrow that appears next to the icon of the mounted disk. The information is closed until the next password is entered. The password cannot be recovered.
To create a mountable image, use the program Disk Utility(search through or drive C - Programs - Utilities - Disk Utility). The main functionality of the utility is working with hard drives and images, but at the moment a mounted image is being created.
Select "New Image"...
We set ourselves any required size of the desired folder, in paragraph "Encryption" choose 128-bit AES and press "Create". The image (folder) receives the extension *.dmg. This folder is installed exclusively on Mac OS X computers, but it copes with its main task with a solid five.
The next method will be about creating a text editor in Mac OS with password access. In this case, run the program "A bunch of keys"(search through or disk C - Programs - Utilities - Keychain).
This is a collection of passwords, electronic keys, web certificates, etc., with the ability to create notes. You add a new file and copy the desired text into the note, close it and everything is protected. The password is set on the program itself automatically. That is, the administrator password for your account is valid.
Another way to restrict access to a folder is simpler than the option with a password-protected image, but it will also help only from children or a novice Macintosh user. Open the folder properties (right mouse/trackpad button - properties or tap with two fingers on the trackpad and select properties.
At the very bottom of the window that opens, set the access rights to the folder “Write only (mailbox)” and close the properties.
Now any computer user, when accessing a folder, will see a window indicating that they do not have rights to access the folder. At the same time, the folder easily accepts files. You can remove the restriction there, in the properties, by setting the access rights back to “Read and Write”.
It is quite enough to store everything you need from prying eyes. But at the same time, special attention must be paid to the passwords themselves, because, according to legend, only the Chinese were able to crack them, using a very powerful and expensive computer.
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Hiding secrets.
There are situations when it is necessary to hide some files and folders on the computer from prying eyes, be it correspondence with a former mistress (lover), incriminating evidence, old private photos or simply too frank films. Today we will tell you how you can quickly and easily hide files in OS X. Everything is done in 3 simple steps.
1. First, you'll need Terminal, which you can launch directly from the Spotlight search bar.
2. Then enter the command in Terminal chflags hidden.
3. Next, simply drag the folder or files you want to hide into the running window. After which the path to the selected object will automatically be displayed in the Terminal window. After pressing the Enter button, the folder/file will disappear.
This is the easiest option to hide information from prying eyes. Important: if a person knows the name of the folder and files, he will still be able to use Spotlight to detect the hidden file.
If you want your data to be completely invisible, you need to perform two more steps:
1. Go to System Preferences – Spotlight
2. In the Confidentiality tab, exclude folders with hidden content from the general search (for example, in my case /Users/YuryAndreev/Desktop/)
To return what is hidden, launch the terminal again and enter chflags nohidden ~/path to the hidden folder (or file)/
Everything ingenious is simple. Situations are different, keep your private securely!
Many users who have switched to OS X ask how to show hidden files on Mac or, conversely, hide them, since there is no such option in the Finder (at least in the graphical interface).
This guide will cover just that: first, how to show hidden files on your Mac, including files that start with a dot (they're also hidden in the Finder and not visible from programs, which can be a problem). Then, how to hide them, as well as how to apply the “hidden” attribute to files and folders in OS X.
First, I'll show you how to turn off hidden items (i.e., undo the steps above), and then I'll show you how to make a file or folder hidden on a Mac (for those that are currently visible).
To re-hide hidden files and folders, as well as OS X system files (those whose names begin with a dot), use the command in the same way in the terminal defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE followed by a command to restart Finder.
How to Make a File or Folder Hidden on Mac
And the last thing in this instruction is how to make a file or folder hidden on a MAC, that is, apply to it this attribute used by the file system (works for both the journaled HFS+ system and FAT32.
You can do this using the terminal and the command chflags hidden Path_to_folder_or_file. But to make things easier, you can do the following:
As a result, if you turn off showing hidden files and folders, the file system item on which the action was performed will “disappear” in the Finder and Open windows.
To make it visible again in the future, use the command in a similar way chflags nohidden, however, to use it by dragging and dropping, as shown earlier, you will first need to enable show hidden files on your Mac.
That's all. If you still have any questions related to the topic raised, I will try to answer them in the comments.
Everyone has secrets, and Mac owners are no exception. Situations often arise when it is vital to hide certain folders and files from prying eyes. Fortunately, the macOS desktop operating system has all the capabilities to do this. Today we will touch on this topic in more detail, and we will analyze step by step what is needed for this.
Unlike the Windows operating system, macOS does not allow you to hide a file or folder with one click. Moreover, there is basically no option to hide files in the Finder. However, this problem can be solved quite simply - you just need to turn to the multifunctional macOS command line.
So, how to hide a folder or file on macOS?
- The first step is to launch the Terminal application in any convenient way. The easiest way to do this is through .
- In the command prompt window you need to enter the following command: chflags hidden, and without pressing Enter, add a space.
- Now you need to select a folder or file that you want to hide from others. Select it and move it to the command line window. We confirm our intentions with the Enter button.
All is ready. The file or folder you want will no longer appear in Finder.
Please note that hidden documents will still be found through Spotlight. To avoid this, you need to add an exception in the search settings:
- Go to “System Settings” – “Spotlight”
- Going to the “Confidentiality” tab, add folders with hidden content.
How to make a file or folder visible?
- Launch the Terminal application again.
- Enable display of hidden files by
Many Mac users sooner or later need to hiding certain folders from prying eyes. Of course, in OS X there are various ways to create invisible folders or hide existing ones. But let's look at this method again using the example of turning a simple folder into an invisible one.
First, you will need to select the folder that you want to make hidden and run Terminal. In the “Terminal” enter the command: “ chflags hidden ~/path to the selected folder/ " and press "Enter". After the process is completed, you can close Terminal.
As an example, let's try to hide the Music folder, which is located in the home directory. To do this, enter the following command in Terminal: “ chflags hidden ~/music/ " After this, the Music folder and all the files in it will immediately become hidden from the Finder.
The above method will make it invisible only to the OS X GUI and visually no one will be able to find the hidden folder. But in order to completely hide the desired “folder” and its content, you should try to exclude it from Spotlight search and indexing, but keep in mind that an “experienced” user will still be able to calculate everything using the command line.
In order to access your invisible folder in Mac OS X You need to press the combination “ Command + Shift + G" and enter the same path to the folder that you specified before hiding it. After which you will gain access and be able to work with the content.
If you need make hidden folder visible again, then launch Terminal and enter the command: “ chflags nohidden ~/path to the desired folder/ »