How to hide a folder or how to create a hidden folder in Mac Ever worried about hiding your personal stuffs on your Mac? This post is gonna bring shining in the eyes of the users who own a Mac but have to share it with others. I'm going to mention a cool trick about how to create a hidden folder and also how to hide a folder in Mac OS X. This can be done by using Terminal and it is really easy as the command is of just one small line. The basic concept working to hide a folder is to add a dot/period/point before the folder name will make it invisible, though it will remain at the same place. So here is the Terminal magic. (A) How to create a hidden folder: i. Go to Application and open Utilities. ii. Launch Terminal. iii. Now you have to go to the folder in which you want to create the folder. iv. Command to enter a folder is cd foldername , e.g. cd Desktop . v. Once you enter the folder then create the hidden folder by the command mkdir .foldername e.g. mkdir .macmasters vi. Thi
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