Obscurity for Mac
Hide your private files in plain sight.
Free
In English
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Obscurity overview
Obscurity is a handy little utility for hiding all those private files and precious memories you don't want anyone else to find.
The application is as simple as it is elegant. Obscurity seems just like a generic folder. Simply place the 'folder' anywhere you want, and anyone snooping around your stuff deciding to double-click it will unknowingly arrive in an empty mock folder. However, if you right-click the 'folder' and choose 'Show Package Contents' from the contextual menu, a completely different folder will show up ready for you to hide all those intimate movies, pictures and old love letters in. It even hides all your secret documents from Spotlight and those pesky 'All Images', 'All Movies' and 'All Documents' Smart Folders in Finder. You can rename and/or duplicate Obscurity to your heart's content creating as many custom secret folders as you need. Obscurity doesn't modify your files or the operating system in any shape, way or form making it the safest way to keep your stuff away from curious eyes.
What’s new in version 1.5
Version 1.5:
- Obscurity now disguises as an OS X Yosemite folder by default.
- Alternative default folder icons for Mac OS X Cheetah (10.0-10.4), Leopard (10.5-10.9), and Yosemite (10.10) have been added for use on their respective Mac OS X iterations.
Obscurity for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.5
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Mar 12 2014
Version: 1.4
I like Obscurity, in part, because the way it operates is itself rather "obscure" (right-clicking to "show package contents" is quite an ingenious approach).
I am a bit puzzled, though, about how someone nosing around my files might be fooled into thinking that the Obscurity "folder" is a folder when, in fact, it appears as "Obscurity.app." (Unless I'm doing something wrong, I don't see how I can get rid of the .app extension, nor how to change the name to something other than "Obscurity.")
Jan 27 2014
Version: 1.4
Security through obscurity? Not sure I'd trust any important files to that theory.
If you want to secure important files form precious eyes - properly encrypt them and be done.
Mar 12 2013
Version: 1.3
You Can confuse anyone who is trying to open Obscurity folder by throwing some unimportant files in Mock folder and important files/Folders by Control Clicking Obscurity folder/show Package contents and putting your files folders in there
When anyone will open Obscurity folder they will see your unimportant files ad will not to try to control click folder because they will think it is just folder.
By renaming Obscurity with appropriate name Like docs or whatever you threw in mock folder will actually make others think it is just a folder.
Feb 3 2013
Version: 1.3
I get the following error when I try to open the app:
The operation couldn't be completed. (OSStatus error -67049.)
