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[FortNinety]

Okay, so everyone knows that the folders created by the system in a home folder is protected; if I'm logged in as myself, I cannot check out someone else's Documents, Movies, Music, and Pictures folders. But what if I create additional folders with the home directory... can I make them protected as well? I don't want to slab just everything into the default folders, and I don't want to clutter up my desktop.

 

[sc0la]

Yes you can. create the folder. Press "apple" + I to get info, then simply modify the ownership and permission settings so that you are the only user with read/write aceess.

edit: though to be fair, any admin user can modify the permissions once they are logged in on your user name.
edit: :lol I lied, admins can alter it from their account as well

 

[SteveMeister]

Yes you can. create the folder. Press "apple" + I to get info, then simply modify the ownership and permission settings so that you are the only user with read/write aceess.

You can also get to that by selecting the option from the menu bar, or by right-clicking (or ctrl-left-clicking) on the icon and choosing the option from the popup menu.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

chmod, baby, chmod.

Of course, I am a commmand-line interface guy by trade.

 

[xsarien]

chmod, baby, chmod.

Of course, I am a commmand-line interface guy by trade.

That command was designed for the explicit purpose of being as awkward as possible. When Microsoft aped it for DOS with the attrib command, they at least had the common decency to assign letters instead of numbers.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

You can use letters as well as numbers with chmod.

 

[sc0la]

You can also get to that by selecting the option from the menu bar, or by right-clicking (or ctrl-left-clicking) on the icon and choosing the option from the popup menu.

Well of course. But I know some mac fanatics that didn't even know you could do that, that's the first thing I learned how to do on it, "where the fuck is right click?! ctrl click? wtf!" then I went out the next day an bought a proper mouse

 

[ced]

Here is something easier if you have to do it alot, just enable root user.

Goto Utilities and run Netinfo Manager. Click Security at top and then Enable Root User. Do the password stuff it prompts for then log out and back in as Root.

edit

and being the idiot I am I didnt even read your whole post.

Anyways now you know how to have complete access to your Mac OS

 

[SteveMeister]

Well of course. But I know some mac fanatics that didn't even know you could do that, that's the first thing I learned how to do on it, "where the fuck is right click?! ctrl click? wtf!" then I went out the next day an bought a proper mouse

Hehe yeah, but I just wanted to head off all the "st00pid Mac one button mouse" comments

 

[Phoenix]

Here is something easier if you have to do it alot, just enable root user.

Goto Utilities and run Netinfo Manager. Click Security at top and then Enable Root User. Do the password stuff it prompts for then log out and back in as Root.

edit

and being the idiot I am I didnt even read your whole post.

Anyways now you know how to have complete access to your Mac OS

Oh please please please don't do this. The root user is disabled for a reason!

 

[FortNinety]

BTW, thanks everyone. I just wanted to point out that it took 14 minutes to get a response from the GAF regarding a Mac question, and on MacAddict's forums, it took over an hour and a half!