On 28/10/2010, at 5:02 PM, thefrogs wrote:
> > I have just had to do a Restore from TimeMachine and now there is a folder > "Private" in my finder. I tried to move it but No that should not m=be done. > How can I make it invisible again? Hi Tom, It's supposed to be there, but hidden. Getting 'rid' of it and anything else inside it will seriously render your computer useless. On occasion, that folder does get set to be visible after a Time Machine restore. Tr this: Open the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). I know I don't have to warn you, but just for others: Be very careful with Terminal. It's a direct link into UNIX, the underpinnings of OSX, but without the protections of OSX. In Terminal, the prompt looks like this: user-xxxxxx:~ <your name>$ (where <your name> is your short user name). It's followed by a non-blinking block cursor (unless it's been changed via Terminal > Preferences). Copy and past the following command exactly after the prompt: sudo chflags hidden /private and press Return. It should then ask for your Admin password (which won't be displayed). Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
