Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Apple, Freeware
Houdini - deal with hidden files and folders on your Mac
by Jason Clarke Oct 9th 2008 at 3:00PM
Having moved from Windows to Mac OS X, one thing that has given me trouble is dealing with hidden files and folders, and particularly hidden system files and folders. OS X does a good job of hiding these folders from regular users - so good, in fact, that there is no way to interact with them without knowledge of Terminal commands, or using an external utility. And while I don't mind learning Terminal commands every once-in-awhile, for something I'm going to do often, I'd rather use a utility. Houdini is a Mac utility that is intended to make working with hidden files and folders much easier. It allows you to toggle hidden file visibility, create hidden files and folders, and pretty much do anything you need to do with them. And, it's free.
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Jash Sayani said 8:39AM on 10-10-2008
Nice. You know any utility to password-protect folders...?
So when I try to open the folder, I get a password prompt and when I close it, its locked again... Something like that would be nice....
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William said 12:45PM on 10-10-2008
The paid version of Hide Folders does this. [ http://www.altomac.com/hide_folders/ ]
Jash Sayani said 2:57PM on 10-10-2008
Thanks a lot William.
But I guess 25 bucks is a bit more for it... Will search for a cheaper alternative....