make files invisible
Make Invisible 2.1
Make Invisible is equipped many useful features which helps you easily create background applications in REALbasic. more>>
Make Invisible 2.1 is equipped many useful features which helps you easily create background applications in REALbasic. Drop your Mac OS X application (PEF format only) on the application or main window and create a new resource file with a modified plst resource. Now drop this resource file into your REALbasic project and compile it. The new compiled application is now invisible. This application is freeware and provided as is. Donations are welcome.
Enhancements:
- Now an universal binary application.
- Moved project to Realbasic 2007r5 and newer plugins.
- Now compatible to Mac OS X 10.5.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X

iShow Invisible 1.4.1
iShow Invisible: Shows and hides the invisible files via a repeating dialog box. After you have revealed the invisible files, simply move the Hide dialog box out of your way or press Command-H to more>>
iShow Invisible 1.4.1 is a handy utility which will allow you to show and hide easily the invisible files via a repeating dialog box. After you have revealed the invisible files, simply move the Hide dialog box out of your way or press Command-H to send it to the background. Any open folders should remain open when you change the visibility. This makes it easier if you have several folders open and want to view the invisible files.
Requirements:
- PPC/Intel, Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard.
InVisibles 1.5
InVisibles - Make invisible files visible more>>
Just double-click the InVisibles icon, click "Visible" to make all of the invisible files become visible files. If you have carried out whatever processes you need to, double-click the InVisible icon again and this time click "Invisible" to make them all invisible again.
Rotate Files 1.1
Rotate Files will limit sequentially named files more>>
This option adds a sequence number to the files it receives, but it does not impose any upper limit to the number of files in the sequence; this may be useful in various situations, for example when creating a workflow for generating backup files, but with an upper limit to the number of backups preserved.
Here enters Rotate Files: with this action you can set the max number of files belonging to a certain sequence, older ones will be just moved to the trash.
Moreover you can set the sequence start value and also the sequence step value if needed and you can force removed files to be immediately deleted instead of being placed in the trash (new in version 1.1).
Enhancements:
- [NEW] Options for sequence start value and sequence step value
- [NEW] Option to delete files immediately
- [FIX] Home page broken URL

inVIZible 1.0
inVIZible is one of the most comprehensive, user friendly and fast solutions for protecting important files more>>
inVIZible 1.0 is one of the most comprehensive, user friendly and fast solutions for protecting important files.
Perhaps a good way is to make them invisible instead of locking them. What if you forget the locations of the files you have made invisible? inVIZible lets you manage and organize the files that you have made invisible.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Show or Hide Invisibles 1.1
Show or hide invisible files and folders on your Mac. more>>
If you are always forgetting or don?t know how to access the invisible files and folders on your Mac then these actions may help.
There is also a ?hide? action as well, this puts the Mac back to its defaults.
Show Hide Invisible files 1.5
Show Hide Invisible files - Hides or shows files depending on current state more>>
Unlike other scripts that quit as soon as you select "Show the Invisible files" and then you must find the script again, this script reads the state of your invisible files and displays another dialog box until you are finished. This makes things much easier, especially if youre accessing the script through Spotlight.
Enhancements:
- Total rewrite.
Invisible Prefs Beta3
Invisible Prefs finds files in the preferences folder that are specially hidden from you more>>
Invisible Prefs finds files in the preferences folder that are specially hidden from you, some developers may hide "spyware" data here, or keep tabs on what you do. Many key loggers dump their information in the preferences folder, so you have a right to know what is hiding where! After all, its YOUR computer!
Enhancements:
New Features added
- Show Data Fork
- Show Path
- Others
- Now checks in folders for files, not just in the prefs folder root
- New Icon.
Make Icon 1.0
Create an icon based on a PDF page. more>>
So itshould work with all file types QuickTime can read.e.g. TIFF, JPEG, BMP, Photoshop, GIF, PNG, etc. The source code is included.
ShowHide Files 1.0
ShowHide Files - Show Unix files and other hidden files more>>
ShowHide Files changes some of Finders hidden preferences and restarts Finder if you want it to. This causes finder to show the files that have been hidden.
If you touch some of the files that are revealed with this application you may render your computer inoperable so be careful. I am not responsible for any of the results from this product.
Invisible File Copier 1.0
Invisible File Copier is a mighty efficacious program that lets you copy invisible files and folders from one location to another and optionally makes invisible files and folders visible as it does so. more>>
Invisible File Copier 1.0 is a mighty efficacious program that lets you copy invisible files and folders from one location to another and optionally makes invisible files and folders visible as it does so. It also lets you edit file creator and type codes in a list view.
Invisibility Toggler 1.1
Invisibility Toggler - view invisible files in the Mac OS X Finder more>>
Run it once to allow you to see invisible files. Run it a second time to hide invisible files. Its that simple!
The source code is included for your convenience, so you can easily add Invisibility Togglers functionality into your own private applications or Automator workflows (see the included "Read Me First.html" file for specific details of the license).
Invisibility Toggler is being distributed as freeware. However, youre more than welcome to make a donation if you find it useful! Simply click on the button below make a secure donation.
Make OS X Alias 1.0
Make OS X Alias - Alias maker droplet more>>
When an item is dropped onto this script, it will prompt you to select a location and name for an OS X Alias. OS X Aliases only seem to be useful when used inside folders on the dock. In all other cases, standard alias files seem to suffice.
List Folder Files Not Added 1.2
List Folder Files Not Added is a product known as an AppleScript for iTunes to make a text file including the file paths of any audio files not in the iTunes database. more>> <<less
Invisible File Scripts 1.0
Invisible File Scripts - 3 scripts to interact with invisible files/folders more>>
-------Toggle Item Visibility-------
This script will toggle the visibility of a file or folder. It uses the simple method of adding or removing a period from the beginning of the items name. (Items starting with a "." are invisible in the Finder in OS X.)
Note: If you are toggling the visibility of a file on the desktop the changes wont take full effect until the finder is relaunched, or the file is moved to a different location.
-------Open Invisible Item-------
This script allows you to choose and open an invisible file or folder without having to toggle file visibility in the Finder itself. Good for opening hidden system folders or files you have hidden yourself.
-------Delete Invisible Item-------
This script allows you to choose and delete an invisible file or folder without having to toggle file visibility in the Finder itself.
Note: This script sends the item to the trash. it doesnt completely remove it from your system. Just in case...