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UberMask hides files and folders on your Mac, quick and easy.
Use UberMask, a MacWorld MacGem 2011 pick, to hide your private data from curious eyes with cyberspeed. And there is no chance that your family members, collegues or friends stumble across your files and folders when using your Mac.
Even Spotlight will not find your hidden data!
Neither the Finder nor Spotlight will be able to detect the hidden data. You can always run UberMask to see which files are hidden thoughout your disks, to hide more files or to reveal
Use UberMask, a MacWorld MacGem 2011 pick, to hide your private data from curious eyes with cyberspeed. And there is no chance that your family members, collegues or friends stumble across your files and folders when using your Mac.
Even Spotlight will not find your hidden data!
Neither the Finder nor Spotlight will be able to detect the hidden data. You can always run UberMask to see which files are hidden thoughout your disks, to hide more files or to reveal
What's New
Version 2.1.4:
- User Interface Improvements
- Improved Introduction
- 64-bit Support
- Fixes minor bugs
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
UberMask User Discussion (Write a Review)
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UberMask hides files and folders on your Mac, quick and easy.
Use UberMask, a MacWorld MacGem 2011 pick, to hide your private data from curious eyes with cyberspeed. And there is no chance that your family members, collegues or friends stumble across your files and folders when using your Mac.
Even Spotlight will not find your hidden data!
Neither the Finder nor Spotlight will be able to detect the hidden data. You can always run UberMask to see which files are hidden thoughout your disks, to hide more files or to reveal files.
Hide all selected data with a simple key stroke
Choose a hotkey combination and activate it anytime to hide your data. The UberMask app does not have run or be launched for the hotkeys to operate. It works like magic and keeps your conscience clean whenever your Mac is used by someone else.
Mac|Life Rated: Good
If you're a secret keeper, ÜberMask is useful and inconspicuous. It's not hacker-proof, but it'll certainly keep your confidential files and folders safe from the prying eyes of coworkers, kids, or your partner.
For Mac Eyes Only Rated: 4 out of 5 Macs
If you have need for something like ÜberMask for simple file security, then I recommend giving it a try. Yes, this is something you could do on your own without ÜberMask, but this app makes it easy to do, meaning it's more likely you'll do it.
Use UberMask, a MacWorld MacGem 2011 pick, to hide your private data from curious eyes with cyberspeed. And there is no chance that your family members, collegues or friends stumble across your files and folders when using your Mac.
Even Spotlight will not find your hidden data!
Neither the Finder nor Spotlight will be able to detect the hidden data. You can always run UberMask to see which files are hidden thoughout your disks, to hide more files or to reveal files.
Hide all selected data with a simple key stroke
Choose a hotkey combination and activate it anytime to hide your data. The UberMask app does not have run or be launched for the hotkeys to operate. It works like magic and keeps your conscience clean whenever your Mac is used by someone else.
Mac|Life Rated: Good
If you're a secret keeper, ÜberMask is useful and inconspicuous. It's not hacker-proof, but it'll certainly keep your confidential files and folders safe from the prying eyes of coworkers, kids, or your partner.
For Mac Eyes Only Rated: 4 out of 5 Macs
If you have need for something like ÜberMask for simple file security, then I recommend giving it a try. Yes, this is something you could do on your own without ÜberMask, but this app makes it easy to do, meaning it's more likely you'll do it.
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Doug Eddy reviewed on 19 Sep 2011
Don't know if my erroneous clicking the stars posted or not. This is the actual one.
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Just open UberMask and select HELP -> Search for updates... to install version 2.0.
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Dale Garrison reviewed on 02 Sep 2011
This obviously passionate developer solved that problem with a very cool update. It's blazing fast and brainless to use.
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I realize not everyone utilizes partitions for ease of backup, maintenance, etc., but I do and most of my sensitive data is on volumes other than the OS volume—the same drive, but different partitions.
Glad I got this on sale!
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thank you for your review here. I am sorry that you did not have had the time to test the free demo version Mac Update provides with the links above. Just one question: If UberMask works well on the drive - what is the reason for a one star rating? Normally you rate a software on how it works and not on how you want a software to be. This is neither fair play for the software developer, nor for other customers.
Don't get me wrong: I do not mind if you critizise the lack of multiple drive support or demand such a feature. But then please do not use the rating feature.
Kind regards,
Jan Fuellemann (nova media)
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Nova Media: any chance this could be changed in the future?
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we are working on supporting partitions and additional drives as I write this :-) Thanks again for the input!
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Look forward to the progress!
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Kind regards,
Jan Fuellemann (nova media)
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version 2.0 now suppors multiple volumes and partitions. Enjoy!
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Brainland reviewed on 12 Aug 2011
Das Programm kann ich unbedingt empfehlen!!!!
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rojobo reviewed on 09 Jul 2011
(Written in Dutch)
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bugnetting reviewed on 23 Mar 2011
When it works flawlessly, it will be useful. For now, I'd rather not risk losing track of my files and directories again.
Thanks,
Jan Fuellemann
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Thank you for the quick reply. I tried the Scan Hard Disk function twice, and neither time it was able to see the directories that I had hidden with ÜberMask.
I used inVisibles 1.5 to reveal all of the invisible files on my drive.
Could there be a problem with hiding a directory that has a space in the name? Both of the problem directories contained two words.
Thanks,
Travis
thank you! As it is around 9 pm here, I will talk to the developer tomorrow about this issue. I do not think a space in the filename is relevant but I am sure the developer has a few more questions and suggestions.
Thanks again for your reply,
Jan Fuellemann
we have an idea. When you hide files using ÜberMask and then use a tool to show you all hidden files, you will see an alias of each file hidden by ÜberMask.
If you delete this alias, which is normally not visible, then the information gets lost, that this file is managed by ÜberMask. And thus ÜberMask forget things.
Do you know if you used another tool to make hidden files visible? Or restored a backup?
Thanks again!
Jan
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I had a thought, though: You have a function called "Release." Does this tell UberMask to un-hide an object, or to no longer track its visible/hidden status? I was confused between "Reveal" and "Release". Perhaps I clicked the wrong one?
when you release a file or folder, ÜberMask will render it visible and will not track it any more.
Kind regards,
Jan Fuellemann
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the latest versions of UberMask did fix this bug. You can download and install it, all further hidden files will not be affected any more. If there are still files not to be found, they are still there - please contact me at fuellemann (at) novamedia.de for a solution.
Kind reagrds,
Jan Fuellemann
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Milka1260 reviewed on 19 Mar 2011
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Mcpoldy reviewed on 18 Jan 2011
Für mich liegt wie oben beschrieben, der praktische Nutzen in der Möglichkeit, meine privaten Dateien schnell ausblenden zu können und dann bei einem Screencast nicht darauf achten zu müssen.
Die Bedienung ist auch schnell gelernt, auch wenn es erst nicht so ganz wollte, wie ich, nach einem zweiten Start des Tools hat es allerdings alles gemacht.
Für mich ist die Tastenkombination nicht so wichtig, aber macht das alles natürlich schon recht bequem.
Fazit
Das Programm macht was es soll, was man von vielen anderen Tools nicht behaupten kann, damit bekommt es von mir eine 1 drauf mit Mappe :)
Jens
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Guess what? You should have taken a foreign language in high school and college.
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Flip2403 reviewed on 06 Jan 2011
Genauer: Ich suchte ein einfaches Tool, mit dem ich Statistiken, Tabellen und Auswertungen gezielt vor fremdem Zugriff zu schützen kann und sie genauso einfach wieder aufrufen kann.
Gesucht - gefunden...
Nachdem das Tool installiert ist, bekommt man eine kurze Anweisung, wie der Shortcuts definiert sind, und schwupps - schon kann man in einem Dateibrowser die Dateien und Ordner definieren, die "versteckbar" sein sollen.
Kurz per Drag-n-Drop die Ordner in den Browser geschoben und schon ist der Ordner verschwunden. Das Tool kann nun geschlossen werden. Ein gekonnter Handgriff, der mit zwei Händen ausgeführt werden muss, und schon sind die Daten in Form eines Images wieder auf dem Desktop, sodass sie weiterverarbeitet werden können. Ein weiterer Tastendruck - und weg sind sie...
Einfach und effektiv - so wie es eigentlich sein sollte.
Tooles Tool, einziger Wehmutstropfen - 19,95 EUR... Aber für die Daten, die nicht wirklich Jedem zugänglich gemacht werden sollen, werden sie mir wohl Wert sein.
victorlage rated on 04 Feb 2012
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