Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?

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From: Peter Bierman
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 04:34

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ia4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imran Anwar) writes:

> Q. Any suggestions, and also: HOW TO MAKE FILES INVISIBLE eg a file in
> Preferences or Control Panels folder?

Yeah, but it's _too_ easy. Just go in with ResEdit and click the file's 
"invisible" bit. The problem is that almost any "power user" program will 
list invisible files in a SFGetFile box. Like CompactPro for example.

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