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Hide Folders - 3.1

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All Time:	(4.0)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	3.1
Release Date:	2008-02-07
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	4,057
Downloads (all versions):	17,914
Price:	$19.95

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Product Description:

If you are interested in protecting your documents and folders, Hide Folders is just what you are searching for. With a click you will conceal files and folders with all their contents. The program is simple and natural to use because it works just as you are used to do things everyday with your Mac. With this program you will protect your files avoiding them to be being modified, seen or erased by other users.

This program uses the standard functionality of the operating system to make folders and files invisible. For the majority of users, any folder of file made invisible becomes inaccessible with standard Finder's windows browsing but please be warned that there are some applications that let you open also invisible files and that experienced users could, with particular expertise, gain access to a folder or file made invisible. Whether you need more advanced levels for protecting your data, there are other free of charge ways, as protecting information on removable media or using Mac OS X FileVault.

What's new in this version:

Various code optimizations and fixes for all know bugs.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Lacks security as Freeware - Version: 3.1, 5/7/2008 09:56AM PST

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thebubbasplace

Here's the problem. If you don't pop for the hidden $20 charge, you can't password protect this software. So all one has to do is stumble upon the Hide Folders icon, click, open the window, make a note of what's listed, select show, and do a search for those obviously important "hidden" files. At the least, if you use this app, change its name to something else. Hide Folders invites snoopers. And make sure you keep it in a secure place...certainly not your desktop. Maybe on a flash drive. In its "free" form it's surely "use at your own risk".

Freeware - Version: 3.1, 5/5/2008 12:20PM PST

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wiedre

I happen to find this software through a Google search and not through Versiontracker.
On the altomac website it says the software license is "free".
The download button says free.
Not until I went to use the password feature did I see there were "Pro" features that there was a charge.
On versiontracker it list the license as free but the price as $19.95
So I would say this is not freeware.

any ideas? - Version: 3.0, 10/29/2007 05:46PM PST

fischerle

great program, but old deleted folders do not remove from window when using remove function. developer support page is written in broken english and not much use. any help here?

thanks!