Tell me more ×  Is there a way to hide folders in OSX like you
can in Windows? And if so then how?  share|improve this question
add comment  3 Answers  up vote 9 down vote accepted  The
command-line way:  Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and
type  chflags hidden /path/to/folder  replacing /path/to/folder
with the POSIX-style path to the folder you want to hide (for
example, a folder on your desktop called test would be
~/Desktop/test).  To unhide it, type chflags nohidden
/path/to/folder.  The freeware way:  I haven't used it, but I've
seen the app Hide Folders, by Altomac.  share|improve this
answer add comment  Any file or folder that begins with a . will
be hidden by default, although you can use a utility like
TinkerTool to override this.  share|improve this answer
Unfortunately, in 10.6, Finder won't let you rename something to
start with a . –  Nathan Greenstein Jun 15 '11 at 0:56 @Nathan
Terminal lets me rename files to start with a ., but you're
right that Finder does not. –  Troyen Jun 15 '11