Mac: How to Hide Files and Folders

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Mac How to Hide Files and Folders
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Title
1. Introduction
2. Use System Commands to Hide Files
3. Using a Period to Hide Files
4. Hide Desktop Icons Using the Terminal
5. Hide Device Icons Using the Finder
6. Set the Visibility Attribute to Invisible
7. Hide the Files in the System Folders
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Introduction
We often overload the desktop of your Macs with
multiple files, folders, and whatnot. While
adding things on the desktop makes working easier
for us, it doesnt look good when you use your
Mac for presentations in the office. You wouldnt
want those confidential and personal files
displayed to your whole team, right? If you often
find yourself in the same position, hiding those
files and folders from your desktop window should
be an excellent idea for you. Thankfully, there
are lots of ways to quickly hide and unhide the
files or folders from your Macs desktop. So, you
can use whichever suits you the best. Read this
article to learn all the ways possible.
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Use System Commands to Hide Files
macOS does allow users to hide files, folders,
desktop icons, and a lot more. However, the users
will have to enter the Terminal to do so. As
difficult and complicated it might sound, you can
do with the instructions given below.  Step 1.
Start by opening the Terminal on your Mac. Step
2. Now, type the command mentioned below, but
dont hit the Enter key yet chflags hidden Step
3. Go to the file or folder that you wish to
hide, click on it to select, and drag it to the
Terminal window. Step 4. This will bring the path
of the file or folder onto the Terminal window.
Now, you can hit Enter, and you will see a hidden
flag on the file. Step 5 If you ever feel like
removing the hidden flag, you can do so by
repeating the process with a little change in the
command that you enter in the Terminal window.
This time your command should be as
following chflags nohidden
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Using a Period to Hide Files
Usually, if a file or a folder has a period (.)
in its names, it will automatically be hidden
from the Finder. That means if you want to hide a
file from a casual view in the Finder, then you
can add a period to its name by using the
Terminal. Here is how to do this Step 1. Start
by opening the Terminal on your Mac. Step 2.
Enter the cd command to go to the file or folder
you wish to hide. Step 3. Now, enter the command
mv to move the file that you wish to hide. Your
file will now be hidden from the Finder
view. Step 4 To unhide the file, use the
following command in the terminal mv .folder
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Hide Desktop Icons Using the Terminal
Step 1 Start by opening the Terminal on your
Mac. Step 2 Enter the following command to hide
the icons on your desktop defaults
write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop
false killall Finder Step 3 Exit the Terminal,
and you will find a blank desktop screen without
any icon on it.
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Hide Device Icons Using the Finder
Step 1. Go to the Finder menu located towards
the top of your screen to open Preferences. Step
2. Select the General tab to see a list of
visible items on your desktop under the Show
these items on the desktop section. Step 3
Deselect all the items to hide them from your
desktop screens. Step 4 If you need some of
those icons back on your desktop screen, you need
to repeat the same procedure and simply check the
boxes again next to the icon names.
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Set the Visibility Attribute to Invisible
Step 1. Go to the Macs Terminal. Step 2. Type
the command mentioned below without hitting the
Enter key yet  setfile -a V Step 3. Navigate to
the file you wish to be invisible, click on it to
drag it into the Terminal. Step 4. Now, you can
hit the Enter key to execute the command. Step 5.
If and when you want to undo the previous
command, enter the one following setfile -a
v file.txt
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Hide the Files in the System Folders
This is the best trick to prevent a snooping user
from accessing important files. Here is how Step
1. Open the Finder to select the Go menu. Step
2. Open the Library menu to open the System
folder. Step 3. Here, create a new folder, and
give it a name. Step 4. You can drag your
confidential files to this folder to keep them
safe. We hope that you learned enough techniques
to hide your files and folders from your Macs
screen. So, when that snoopy friend, cousin, or
niece tries to sneak into your computer now,
he/she will find nothing but a blank screen.
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Thanks For Watching
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