Need to password-protect some files on your Mac? Want to stop them from being edited or deleted by mistake? Or do you just ...

In the File Open dialog, OS X grays out files that the program thinks are unopenable. Is it possible to alter the dialog's display to hide (not just gray ...

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How to hide files from any file manager on the Linux desktop Your email has been sent Want to hide files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager? Jack Wallen shows you one handy method. You ...

MacOS allows you to hide files and folders by adding a simple period (.) to the file name. This can be handy if you want to share your MacBook with others and hide personal folders that other users ...

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Greetings all,<BR><BR>I've been trying to come up with a method to hide certain file types for a while now, and am not having much luck so I thought I'd run this by you guys.<BR><BR>I'd like to hide ...