TrueCrypt - Mounting and writing to a hidden volume in Leopard

I realize the answer to this question may be pretty obvious to some, but I've read the TrueCrypt user manual, and I've searched these forums, TrueCrypt's forums, and google for the answer to my question but I still can't figure this out...
I've created an encrypted file container with a hidden volume using the setup wizard. After completing the wizard, I can't figure out how to properly write data to the hidden volume. The TrueCrypt manual says,
"When hidden volume protection is enabled, TrueCrypt does not actually mount the hidden volume. It only decrypts its header (in RAM) and retrieves information about the size of the hidden volume (from the decrypted header). Then, the outer volume is mounted and any attempt to save data to the area of the hidden volume will be rejected (until the outer volume is dismounted)."
If TrueCrypt doesn't actually mount the hidden volume, and if and any attempt to save data to the area of the hidden volume will be rejected, then can someone please explain to me in layman's terms how the heck I am supposed to go about saving my sensitive files to the hidden volume?
Thanks!
http://www.truecrypt.org/

No offense, but I could never get it to work reliably for me. I admit I have not used it for almost a
year (since 10.5.x). It would work acceptably at times, but other times it would be slow as molasses
(copying files) or Finder would be lock up. Sometimes when copying from NTFS volumes OS X would
lock up tight and the only way out was to cut the power. I noticed the problems would surface
mostly when some other Mac Fuse dependent programs were being run at the same time (such
as Parallels Desktop).
To be fair though, I suspect the Apple 10.5.x Hard disk driver (for my machine) as being partly to
blame as most of the external disk mounting and lockup problems disappeared when I upgraded
to Snow Leopard.
I suspect Mac Fuse also. I have had various versions of Mac Fuse that didn't work well on my
machine either. When I first put Snow Leopard on my machine I had to use Tomas Carnecky's
compiled version of MacFuse 2.1.7. to get True Crypt working. Now they updated True Crypt and
I have had to use the new Public 2.1.5 Beta version of Mac Fuse to get the updated True Crypt
working.
Being a software developer I am sure you are aware of the endless problems various hardware
combinations and configurations can dish out. No offense, but I had to switch to Paragon NTFS
to be able to get a solution that worked reliably on my machine.
Some folks use your NTFS-3G product without any problems whatsoever, but like I said,
different hardware combos yield different results.
I have not tried Tuxera, actually I had not even heard of it until a couple of days ago.
The name is cute, how (if you don't mind telling) or who, came up with the label?
Linus Torvolds and that familiar Penguin comes to mind when I here the name.
It's not because NTFS-3G is free, that I don't use it.
I am a die hard "free" fan, I love "free", as in free lunch, free software, free money and of course
free BEER!
Kj ♘

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