Is There A Simple, Easy, Inexpensive Way To Hide Files And Folders On A Mac?

In real estate, it’s location, location, location. Out of sight, out of mind. Finding the right location for a retail store is a major undertaking.

So is finding files on your Mac if those files you don’t want anyone to find are well hidden. Among the dozens of Mac apps which claim to hide files, few are simple, easy, and inexpensive. Here’s one that’s all three.

Drag And Drop To Hide

There are many ways to hide files and folders. First, though, why do you want to hide them in the first place? Some files are more valuable than others. Thieves can still steal a Mac and get the files.

Easy File Hider takes the out of sight, out of mind approach to hiding files on a Mac.

Simply drag and drop files or folders of files onto Easy File Hider and they’re instantly hidden from view.

Restoring hidden files and folders is almost as easy. Files can be opened by their respective applications with a double click.

As hidden files and folders stack up, Easy File Hider makes it simple to search for files in a Finder-like interface which displays which files are hidden and which are visible.

All this elegant, out of sight, out of mind, file and folder hiding comes at a price.

No, it’s not the price tag. You’ll get change back from $2.00.

Yes, the list of files is password protected, but the files and folders haven’t been encrypted or stored in a difficult to find location on your Mac.

They’re simply hidden from view, but made viewable by opening Easy File Hider. Are the files and folders secure?

No, not hidden from someone who truly wants to find valuable or incriminating files on your Mac. Abby on N.C.I.S. could find them in about 60-seconds.

Instead, Easy File Hider makes a perfect Desktop file and folder clutter cleaner. It’s less expensive than most apps which resolve to clean the Desktop, and it’s faster and easier, hidden security not withstanding.

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