secure folders

how can i password protect or hide a folder within my mac harddrive? i am running osx.

thank you.

I know you can change the permissions on the folder, and at the Unix level you can rename to folder to preceed it with a dot (i.e. old folder name is stuff, new folder name is .stuff) This will make it a hidden file in Unix, but you will need to access via the terminal

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rman said:

I know you can change the permissions on the folder, and at the Unix level you can rename to folder to preceed it with a dot (i.e. old folder name is stuff, new folder name is .stuff) This will make it a hidden file in Unix, but you will need to access via the terminal

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I just created a folder WITH a dot .foldername and I need to drop a .plist file into it. How can I access that folder if I can't see it?
I used ScriptGUI to create the folder by following instructions on creating that directory... what command would I use to open that folder so I can drop that file into it?