How To Use A Mac To Hide Porn.

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There's a good probability that someone is watching porn on a device that has internet access. And there's a good chance that, if they're using a shared device to watch porn, they'll try to keep it a secret. However, some prefer to download and save porn on their computers, and it takes much more work to keep those files hidden than it does for the majority of people who use their web browser's incognito mode.

We've already discussed how to hide porn on Windows PCs, but Mac users can also download porn, so we're here to assist Apple fans in hiding their digital shithoards. On a Mac, hiding porn is similar to hiding other types of files, but because of the sensitivity of the content, you won't be able to just throw them into any old unprotected folder.

Although it's preferable to transfer your files to an external drive, cloud drive, or even burnable disc so they don't reside on your Mac at all, there are ways to store files on your Mac's hard drive without, well, exposing them.

Step 1: Set up a user account and password to secure your Mac.

Whether you are the only user or you share your device with others, this is a crucial step. (Note: If you already have a Mac login set up or if you don't have the necessary admin rights to add/change your Mac's users, you can skip this step. ( ).

Select System Preferences > Users and Groups > Add Account by clicking the Apple icon. If prompted, enter your Mac password. Make a new account and password by following the on-screen directions.

You can now quickly log out and lock your Mac by pressing Shift + Command + Q once your user account and password have been set up. When you want to keep someone from prying into your personal files after you leave your Mac, the shortcut comes in handy.

Step 2 is to hide your files and give them new names.

A user account and password can prevent unauthorized users from accessing your Mac (or, if it's a shared device, your personal files). However, they don't actually conceal any files that are stored on the device; anyone who has access to your user account on the Mac can search through it and find anything that is saved. Fortunately, hiding files and folders in MacOS is fast and easy.

You can quickly hide files using the following keyboard shortcut if your devices are running MacOS Ventura or later:.

Select a file by clicking on it, dragging it, or using Shift + click to select multiple items. Then, hit Command + Shift + Period. "to conceal them.". By hitting Command + Shift + Period once more, you can always see hidden files.

You can also use the period at the beginning of a file's name to hide files on MacOS.

Rename can be chosen by control-clicking a file or folder. Insert a period. press Enter to save the modification after adding "" to the start of the file name. You should now be able to hide the file. Hide or reveal hidden files by pressing Command + Shift + Period.

Although it is simple to hide a file on your Mac, you shouldn't rely solely on it as security because anything you have hidden can be easily discovered by using the Command + Shift + Period shortcut. Renaming the files you want to hide with obscure or meaningless names and then placing them all in a new hidden folder with a similarly unassuming name, like "mac_user_data1," will lessen the likelihood of that happening.

Step 3: Put the porn in a folder that is encrypted.

You can encrypt the folder and lock it with a password after all of your porn has been renamed, hidden, and placed inside of one folder.

Despite the fact that it may seem excessive, this is the best defense against curious eyes. You can't let someone access the hidden folder without the password, even if they figure out that you're keeping something secret inside.

Disc Utility, a program included with MacOS, or other programs like 7-Zip can be used for this. Disc Utility operates as follows:.

Use the Disc Utility tool by opening it under Applications > Utilities. After it has opened, select File > New Image > Image from Folder. Click "Choose" after selecting the folder you wish to encrypt. Choose "Read/Write" for Image Format from the pop-up menu; this will allow you to add and remove files from the folder at a later time. From the Encryption drop-down menu, choose "128-bit AES" or "256-bit AES.". While 128-bit AES is faster and more appropriate for our needs, 256-bit AES is more secure; both function perfectly well. Make sure the folder has a password. Make sure it's a secure password, and remember it or write it down somewhere safe. Should it disappear, you won't be able to open the folder. Select "Save" after you're satisfied with the folder's settings, then give it some time to finish.

Put your porn folder in a secret directory and hide it, step four.

Now that your porn is inside a password-protected, encrypted folder with a subtle name, you can use the aforementioned shortcuts to hide it. Keeping the folder hidden in your Mac's hidden Library folder is the best option, but you could also hide it anywhere, even on the desktop if you're feeling very daring and want to follow the hiding in plain sight approach.

Choose Go > Got to Folder from the Finder menu when it opens. Click "Go" after entering ~/Library in the file path to access the hidden Library folder. Then, use Command + Shift + period to hide it. Drag and drop your porn folder into the Library folder. speed bump.

Bonus option that is optional: encrypt the whole hard disk.

You should be able to safely hide your porn stash in the files on your Mac if you follow all of the previous instructions.

There is one more thing you can do to secure your data, though: you can use FileVault on MacOS or third-party programs like Encrypto, Folder Lock, or VeraCrypt to lock down your entire hard drive. You will need a recovery key to unlock and access your files after doing this, which encrypts your Mac's hard drive. Although it might not be practical in every situation because this is an extreme measure that impacts every user of your Mac, it is something to think about if you want the highest level of security.

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