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May 10th, 2004, 04:53 PM
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 Locking Folders? Can you lock an individual folder, so that no one could get into it, or see whats inside?
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#2
May 10th, 2004, 05:35 PM
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| Yeah, use the Terminal: mv path/to/file_or_folder path/to/.file_or_folder Notice the change: there is a period before the filename. This makes it invisible to the Finder. If you really want to make it un-openable too, I can show you that, but it's not really needed.
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#3
May 10th, 2004, 06:10 PM
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| What dlloyd suggested will make the folder invisible to anyone that doesn't know their way around the terminal. A simple way of seeing that folder is to navigate to the enclosing folder and type "ls -la". This will show all files and folders, even the hidden and invisible ones. You can still access hidden/invisible folders the same as any other folder -- they just don't show up to novice users. A better way would be to adjust the permission settings via the "Get Info" window and change the "Owner" to yourself with permissions of read and write, and change the "Group" and "Others" to "No Access." This will allow you to access the folder but no one else.
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#4
May 10th, 2004, 06:18 PM
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| Highlight the folder, do a command+I (or go File->Get Info). Then go to Ownership & Permissions-Details and make it readable only for your account. Now if you want to make the folder password protected (so if anyone is using your account) then you need a to use Disk Utility. Open Disk Utility and create a new Disk Image but password encrypt. There are third party programs for email like PGP.
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#5
May 11th, 2004, 09:58 AM
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| Be warned, though, if you make the folder "read-only" for your account, you won't be able to do anything with it. You need to make it read/write for your account and read-only or no access for everyone else.
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#6
May 11th, 2004, 10:01 AM
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| I think that's what Satcomer meant, but the words could be interpreted both ways 
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#7
May 13th, 2004, 08:10 AM
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| Two things, I need help, how do you use this mv path/to/file_or_folder path/to/.file_or_folder If it works, can I use TinkerTool to see the file?
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May 13th, 2004, 09:28 AM
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