I suggested, privately, that he just encrypt the file(s) and this might 
resolve the issue as then no-one, theoretically, can access the file(s).
 
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:04:14 +0000, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech wrote:
> Jörg,
> 
> I can’t say anything useful about Windows. On a Mac, though, I have 
> to echo Chip’s “why”? The folders you mention are already “hidden”, 
> in the sense that they’re inside a package; although it’s a folder, 
> it appears to be a single file and non-technical users won’t realise 
> that it isn’t. Users sufficiently au fait with MacOS to know how to 
> show the package contents (and what “package contents” means) are 
> likely to be sufficiently tech-savvy to defeat your attempts to make 
> the folders invisible.
> 
> What problem are you trying to solve?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
>> On 18 Dec 2019, at 03:46, Jörg Knebel <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Jeremy,
>> 
>>> On 18 Dec 2019, at 04:55 AEDT, Jeremy Roussak <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mac or Windows?
>> 
>> Both platforms.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jörg
> 
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