Also Tom, Did you "Repair Permission" after you did the Restore? If NOT, do that FIRST before using the Terminal Prompt. Repairing Permissions might make the "Private" folder go 'Hidden' and you won;'t have to use Terminal.
Cheers, Ronni On 28/10/2010, at 5:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 28/10/2010, at 5:02 PM, thefrogs wrote: > >> >> I have just had to do a Restore from TimeMachine and now there is a folder >> "Private" in my finder. I tried to move it but No that should not m=be done. >> How can I make it invisible again? > > Hi Tom, > > It's supposed to be there, but hidden. Getting 'rid' of it and anything else > inside it will seriously render your computer useless. > > On occasion, that folder does get set to be visible after a Time Machine > restore. > > Tr this: > > Open the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). I know I don't > have to warn you, but just for others: > Be very careful with Terminal. > It's a direct link into UNIX, the underpinnings of OSX, but without the > protections of OSX. > > In Terminal, the prompt looks like this: user-xxxxxx:~ <your name>$ > > (where <your name> is your short user name). It's followed by a non-blinking > block cursor (unless it's been changed via Terminal > Preferences). > > Copy and past the following command exactly after the prompt: > > sudo chflags hidden /private > > and press Return. It should then ask for your Admin password (which won't be > displayed). > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
