How can I hide sensitive photos

Question

My problem is I've got heaps of photos that I don't want to be found in finder is their any easy way to stop finder from showing them in places like All Files or quicklook.

Answer 1

There are many ways to achieve this.

1. Exclude such folders in the Spotlight search. Any one else using the Mac can easily find and go through the content.
2. Create a new Disk Image (preferably encrypt it) in Disk Utility and it is a separate disk which grows and shrinks based on the contents. You could also use apps like Knox to achieve the same.
3. Try apps like Skedaddle to hide from Finder. Skedaddle protects the files with a password and Spotlight cannot find it. It does not encrypt the data.

Answer 2

Create a hidden folder and put your private files (not only pictures) there.
They won't show up in spotlight or a finder search (basically both are the same)
To make a hidden folder, open the terminal app and type:
mkdir /.private

This will create a folder named .private in the root of your Hard drive.
Then you can only access this in finder by pressing shiftcommandG and entering /.private.

Of course you can name the folder anything you want and put it anywhere, but it has to start with a dot to be hidden, and you have to remember where you put it.