Let’s take a look at hiding a folder using Terminal by first creating a folder that we can hide. (Use the Secrets folder to hide any files or folders you wish.) If you’re wondering about the user’s library, often written out as ~/Library, you can learn a bit more about it in the article: Access Your Hidden Library Folder With These Five Easy Tricks.
You may have already made use of the Terminal chflags command to unhide the user’s library folder, which Apple hides by default. Terminal can be used to invoke a couple of commands that can be used to hide or unhide a file or folder. Terminal has always been a favorite app of mine, so much so that I keep it in the Dock for easy access. You can get in on the secrets of hiding files and folders so that others can’t easily find them, or make use of their content, with just a few simple Terminal tricks. But Apple isn’t the only one that hides items on your Mac some developers use similar tricks to keep important secret app files, such as licensing credentials, from being used willy-nilly. Your Mac is full of secrets special files and folders hidden away so you don’t accidentally make changes to critical system components.
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