UPDATE: Please specify the size of your secret folder at 1:36, as dynamic resizing seems to have been removed from the interface. Disk Images (="Folders") can only SHRINK, not GROW anymore. You can use "diskutil resizeVolume" from the command line (Terminal.app) if you want to reenable the functionality to shrink your folders in case they do not do it automatically. So, think of your secret folder like it being an external storage device with a fixed size and just give it the size you think you need from the start.
Thanks for your video. Very helpful. Can you help me with one issue? You say that selecting "No partion map" allows the disk grow organically, but happens that is fixed the capacity, not increasing the capacity automatically.
Hi William, sorry for the late reply. You are correct, this is not working anymore, you have to give it a fixed size from the start. I pinned the solution to the top of the comments.
Hi thanks for the information I worked fine but at the after period of time it started to long in with out a password . Just pressing go in the file right away I don’t know what happen How can I change the password or remove the password?
Just make the secret folder bigger than 2GB from the start. Dynamic growing of the folder is unfortunately not possible anymore, so think of the folder as an USB stick you define a size for from the start (like 8GB or 16GB) that will stay on your hard drive (or another storage device).
Hi there thanks for the video very easy to fallow helpful unfortunatly after fallowing every steps it tells me there not space to copy the file through I have 151 gb available mackbook pro 2019 purchased 6 months ego the fix capacity 100 MB does not icrese automaticaly can you help out I am going on holiday soon my sister is very sneaky will definetly try to look at my files pics n vid there are contents that are privet must be hiden. I hope you can come back to me otherwise i have to purchase an app for that
It seems that the resizing option is not available for some people, and i am not quite sure why as of now (this might have been updated). Apple's "sparse" and "sparsebundle" image types are usually dynamically resizable images, and if you create one without a partition scheme then they will start at the size of the files you place in them, and grow as you add more files, up to the maximum size you set when creating the image. You can also use "diskutil resizeVolume" from the command line (Terminal.app). But this might not be the best way for you as it requires a bit of knowledge. Worst case, just give it a larger, static size from the start, if you have the storage for it. It will not resize automatically - so think of the folder like a physical medium like an USB stick - but is still better than to use external tools. Hope that helps.
I'm aware the used password is not safe at all simply because it's too short :P Just for demonstration purposes. So - classic case of do as I say, not as I do.
HI ,I used above method and hide my some files,however when i going to change my i cloud older one to new one some documents and said folder missing....so how can i restore(backup)that folder?that folder not visible in the place where i paste...please help me Thank you
UPDATE: Please specify the size of your secret folder at 1:36, as dynamic resizing seems to have been removed from the interface. Disk Images (="Folders") can only SHRINK, not GROW anymore. You can use "diskutil resizeVolume" from the command line (Terminal.app) if you want to reenable the functionality to shrink your folders in case they do not do it automatically. So, think of your secret folder like it being an external storage device with a fixed size and just give it the size you think you need from the start.
Glad you added this info! Now how to do we delete the one we just made that's too small???
Important question: will this hidden folder be automatically saved to my iCloud? Many thanks!
hey, I have a question. I am not sure where I created the folder like this, how do I find it please? Thank you
Hi Bro, How can I delete the one I just created with too small size?
thanks for giving this
Why does doing the simplest things on MacOS and iOS should be a trick ? Why don't they just put in these simple features in their systems !!
how do you undo secret a folder?
How do you make it bigger
How to increse space of folder ??
Thanks for your video. Very helpful. Can you help me with one issue? You say that selecting "No partion map" allows the disk grow organically, but happens that is fixed the capacity, not increasing the capacity automatically.
Hi William, sorry for the late reply. You are correct, this is not working anymore, you have to give it a fixed size from the start. I pinned the solution to the top of the comments.
how to do we delete the one we just made that's too small
What happens if you accidentally delete the sparseimage?
If I delete the folder by mistake, how can I access the disk???
Not possible 🤣
its showing" not enough space" what can i do now
hi what if I forgot the password to open it
pls help
how to undo it????
Thanks man :)
Hi thanks for the information
I worked fine but at the after period of time it started to long in with out a password . Just pressing go in the file right away I don’t know what happen
How can I change the password or remove the password?
Your password has been stored in your Keychain. Simply delete it there and tell your device when it asks again that you do not want it stored.
How can I hide more spacious files I.e. 2gb or more
Just make the secret folder bigger than 2GB from the start. Dynamic growing of the folder is unfortunately not possible anymore, so think of the folder as an USB stick you define a size for from the start (like 8GB or 16GB) that will stay on your hard drive (or another storage device).
Hi there thanks for the video very easy to fallow helpful
unfortunatly after fallowing every steps it tells me there not space to copy the file through I have 151 gb available mackbook pro 2019 purchased 6 months ego the fix capacity 100 MB does not icrese automaticaly can you help out I am going on holiday soon my sister is very sneaky will definetly try to look at my files pics n vid there are contents that are privet must be hiden. I hope you can come back to me otherwise i have to purchase an app for that
It seems that the resizing option is not available for some people, and i am not quite sure why as of now (this might have been updated). Apple's "sparse" and "sparsebundle" image types are usually dynamically resizable images, and if you create one without a partition scheme then they will start at the size of the files you place in them, and grow as you add more files, up to the maximum size you set when creating the image. You can also use "diskutil resizeVolume" from the command line (Terminal.app). But this might not be the best way for you as it requires a bit of knowledge. Worst case, just give it a larger, static size from the start, if you have the storage for it. It will not resize automatically - so think of the folder like a physical medium like an USB stick - but is still better than to use external tools. Hope that helps.
Yes, this has been updated. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I pinned some additional info to the top of the comments.
How to delete this???
I'm aware the used password is not safe at all simply because it's too short :P Just for demonstration purposes. So - classic case of do as I say, not as I do.
HI ,I used above method and hide my some files,however when i going to change my i cloud older one to new one some documents and said folder missing....so how can i restore(backup)that folder?that folder not visible in the place where i paste...please help me
Thank you