One more question. I know that if you name a file with a "." as the 1st letter the file will turn invisible. Can I take a file (or folder) and name it with a "." and be able to access it?*
(*I know that there is software out there that can do this but I don't want to spend any money.)
One more question. I know that if you name a file with a "." as the 1st letter the file will turn invisible. Can I take a file (or folder) and name it with a "." and be able to access it?*
(*I know that there is software out there that can do this but I don't want to spend any money.)
From the terminal, sure. ("ls -a" will list all files in a folder) Plus, you can search for invisible folders in the finder.
Presuming (according to your first question, which implies that you are
working with a Finder in its default setting, well, no direct access to hidden files...)
you are working with the Finder in its default state, how the heck did you force the
finder to accept a "." as a first character? It doesn't work for me at least.
I saved a .txt file in my home folder called .blah.txt. Finder didn't say anything.
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By the way, where did you get the conception from, in order to change the HD icon
you have to dig into .DS_Store files? Just curious.
I read on the web that the .DS_Store file has all the information for a folder (like the size of the window, the view options, etc.....). So I assumed that you would have to get in the .DS_Store file to change the icon.\
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Another question, if privacy is your main concern, why don't you just create a
password protected Image?
Because I don't want anybody to find it. If I had a password protected disk image they know somethings in it because it would show in Finder.
Links? Apps?
Comments
"Access"?
yes. how do i access the .DS_store file.
From the terminal cd into a folder where you want to view the .DS_Store file and type "cat .DS_Store". Pretty boring stuff though.
i wanted to change my icon of my hard drive
So select the hard drive, do Get Info, select the icon, and paste a new one.
So select the hard drive, do Get Info, select the icon, and paste a new one.
how do i paste it?
EDIT: it worked!!!
EDIT: it worked!!!
<snarkyReply>Of course it did, it's a Mac
(*I know that there is software out there that can do this but I don't want to spend any money.)
One more question. I know that if you name a file with a "." as the 1st letter the file will turn invisible. Can I take a file (or folder) and name it with a "." and be able to access it?*
(*I know that there is software out there that can do this but I don't want to spend any money.)
From the terminal, sure. ("ls -a" will list all files in a folder) Plus, you can search for invisible folders in the finder.
Plus plus you can open the file from the terminal by typing open ~/Users/username/Documents/yourFilePath/'.my porn links and password.doc'
I did: open ~/.blah.txt/ in Terminal and it said that there was no such file. I know that I saved it so what happened?
I did: open ~/.blah.txt/ in Terminal and it said that there was no such file. I know that I saved it so what happened?
the file has to exist first
Presuming (according to your first question, which implies that you are
working with a Finder in its default setting, well, no direct access to hidden files...)
you are working with the Finder in its default state, how the heck did you force the
finder to accept a "." as a first character? It doesn't work for me at least.
By the way, where did you get the conception from, in order to change the HD icon
you have to dig into .DS_Store files? Just curious.
Another question, if privacy is your main concern, why don't you just create a
password protected Image?
the file has to exist first
I DID SAVE IT. I'll try it again.
EDIT: heres a image:
Presuming (according to your first question, which implies that you are
working with a Finder in its default setting, well, no direct access to hidden files...)
you are working with the Finder in its default state, how the heck did you force the
finder to accept a "." as a first character? It doesn't work for me at least.
I saved a .txt file in my home folder called .blah.txt. Finder didn't say anything.
By the way, where did you get the conception from, in order to change the HD icon
you have to dig into .DS_Store files? Just curious.
I read on the web that the .DS_Store file has all the information for a folder (like the size of the window, the view options, etc.....). So I assumed that you would have to get in the .DS_Store file to change the icon.
Another question, if privacy is your main concern, why don't you just create a
password protected Image?
Because I don't want anybody to find it. If I had a password protected disk image they know somethings in it because it would show in Finder.
Finder puts up a warning dialog if you try to save a file with a leading dot.
That's the way it is supposed to work, fortunately.
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Because I don't want anybody to find it. If I had a password protected disk image they know somethings in it because it would show in Finder.
Why don't you just use an USB stick for that matter?
Btw, if you want to get access to a hidden file (which you know for
sure, that it must exist on the disk) you can almost always find that
particular file by a simple Finder search. Just set one of the search
criterias to find unvisible, too. Plain and simple.
In your case, i doubt it pretty much, that it would be a bearable solution,
but there are tools to hide/show hidden files on the Mac temporarily.
I just call one word, Onyx. Now Google is your friend.