Did repair but that little command was instantaneous. thankyou so Much tom On 28/10/2010, at 5:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> > Also Tom, > > Did you "Repair Permission" after you did the Restore? > If NOT, do that FIRST before using the Terminal Prompt. > Repairing Permissions might make the "Private" folder go 'Hidden' and you > won;'t have to use Terminal. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 28/10/2010, at 5:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> >> 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> >> > > > > > -- 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> > -- 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>
