Additions to the Finder?
Additions to the Finder?
- Subject: Additions to the Finder?
- From: Clark Mueller <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:47:44 -0600
Hi guys and gals,
I've been asked to look into a project. I'm pretty sure that it cannot
be done with Cocoa, and I'm equally certain that it isn't technically
feasible at all, but I'd like to ask the audience. As it was described
to me, what I am supposed to try and do is the following:
I want password protected folders.
It should look just like a normal folder that when clicked asks for
password. I have many of my secret files in the Favorite folder so they
would have to be alias-able. I want to be able to turn on/off the
passwords by a Finder service and Cmd+P.
In OS 9, if I were looking at something like this (integrating something
directly into the Finder), I would be looking at a system extension to
do it. I don't know very much about what kernel extensions do, but can
an integrated change be done in that way?
If not, the next thing I would look at is also something Apple had in OS
9 (might've been 8.5, actually), which was an encryption app that ran
separate from the Finder, and archived things into a passworded file. In
OS X, I could write such an app and have it as invokable as a Service.
I know the second idea is doable, but is the first?
TIA,
Clark
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