Hide disks from Ingest dialog

[SamFrost]

As described here (http://forums.camerabits.com/index.php?topic=11694.0) there is a mechanism to prevent external drives from appearing in PM's ingest dialog. However, since I don't want PMIngestIgnore folders cluttering up my drives, and making hidden folders is fiddly (on OS X at least), would it be possible to add a function within PM to create hidden PMIngestIgnore folders on demand? Maybe the Ingest dialog would be the place to add it - have an "Ignore this Drive" function that is greyed out until a disk is selected. You would also need a "Show Hidden Drives" button to reveal any connected drives that you need to see again.

[Tony Hall]

FWIW creating a hidden folder on macOS is now a little simpler (I think since 10.13, maybe earlier).

• Press cmd-shift-. to show invisible items
• Create a folder and name it (in this case 'PMIngestIgnore')
• Select the newly created folder and press cmd-i (or right click...Get Info)
• Add a full-stop/period at the beginning of the filename in the 'Name & Extension' section of the Get Info window (in this case '.PMIngestIgnore')
• Close the Get Info window (or press return/enter) then select "Okay" at the "Are you sure..." prompt
• Press cmd-shift-. to re-hide invisible items

Okay, it's still mildly fiddly (but it takes w-a-a-y longer to read these overly explicit instructions than to actually create the hidden folder! ), but at least it doesn't involve using other apps or typing arcane instructions into Terminal etc. - however...

... a checkbox within PM would be far far easier and more discoverable, great suggestion.

[SamFrost]

• Press cmd-shift-. to show invisible items

That's a great keyboard shortcut tip, thank you!