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A little widget magic

Published by Judy OConnell February 9th, 2007 in ICT.

“Now you see it,. Now you don’t.” Give your mac a little magic!

Abracadabra for OSX is a widget that gives you the ability to make files and folders on your computer appear to disappear before your very eyes. Files that are dropped into your magic top hat are hidden from users searching for them in Spotlight as well as most other applications on your Mac.

The hat is password protected, so when you’re ready to view your files again you can pull individual files or all of the files inside out. The magic hat’s menu can also be password protected to keep spying eyes and stray white rabbits from getting inside :-)

This is not secure protection, but efficient privacy ‘on the fly’. A great report from LifeHacker.

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