Method to hide Files and folder in Mac OS with out Software

For Better Privacy, you need to Hide your files and folder.If you are sharing your computer with others it is better to hide files, folders.In this post i will help you to hide files, folder in mac OS with out any Software. you can do it simply using a command called “Chflags” in your Mac Terminal mode. You can hide any each files or folders using this command. Follow these steps to hide your private files and folders using this command.

Step 1 : Launch the terminal in your Mac from Applications/Utilities/Terminal. Then enter the following code. ” chflags hidden [type-the-file-path] ”

Step 2 : If you can’t find the path of your file, just open the folder and drag the file into your Terminal window. Before dragging your file type following code ” chflags hidden [drag-your-file] ”

Step 3 : Then follow the same process to hide the folders. Type the initial syntax and type the folder path to hide. The following code  ” chflags hidden [Path-to-Folder] ”

Step 4 : To Show those hidden files and folders you have to follow the same procedure. The following code ” chflags nohidden [path-to file]
chflags nohidden [path-to folder] ”


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