Resolved Hiding a Folder from All My Files

[madsci954]

My wife likes send me photos of herself that are...lets just say NSFW. I keep all the photos in a folder that's buried, meaning you have to dig through sections of my Mac to find them.

The problem is when I open a Finder window, under All My Files, those pics are the first thing someone sees. Is there a way to keep the photos on my computer but mark them as hidden or something so they don't show up under All My Files?

 

[charlieegan3]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1181485/

might help, but really you should password protect that stuff.

 

[roadbloc]

You could disable All My Files if you don't use it. It is a bit of a pointless feature anyway.

 

[madsci954]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1181485/

might help, but really you should password protect that stuff.

Might just move the photos to an external drive if what I want can't be done.

You could disable All My Files if you don't use it. It is a bit of a pointless feature anyway.

Or this.

 

[Lloyd Braun]

…or add the folder to Spotlight's "Privacy" section.

I have a similar folder and that's worked for me in the past. No longer indexable or searchable, so I have to deliberately go to the folder to find something.

 

[Hawkeye16]

Personally I keep all of that stuff in a sparse disk image that is encrypted and password protected. I would highly recommend the same! You can make one through the disk utility.

If you need help you can send me the pictures and I can make one for you and send it back!

 

[madsci954]

…or add the folder to Spotlight's "Privacy" section.

I have a similar folder and that's worked for me in the past. No longer indexable or searchable, so I have to deliberately go to the folder to find something.

That's exactly what I wanted! Thanks Lloyd!!