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Show Hidden Files in OS X

February 25th, 2009 - Command Line, Tips & Tricks

Here’s a quick tip. If you find yourself needing to access hidden files on your Macintosh, run this from the terminal. Please note that the inverse of the first command will restore your default settings.
Display Hidden Files
# defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

# KillAll Finder

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Comment from Paul
Time: February 27, 2009, 6:26 pm

There is a simple app you can install to do this, called “Blind” Check it out here: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22495/blind

Comment from ac_poster
Time: March 2, 2009, 5:40 am

or you could type in that command into the terminal which is far easier…. and also… this is old news how to do this in mac os x… old ancient news…

Comment from ac_poster
Time: March 2, 2009, 10:18 am

this blog is nothing but a bunch of stupid posts that contain either biased retarded reviews (such as the “Preview” one), “tricks” that have been shown before SO many times, or just plain obvious crap…. notice the blog is surrounded by a gazillion ads. theyre just barfing out “content” to get you to build up ad revenue for them.. HEY ADMIN NICE TRY BUT MAC OS X HINTS IS ACTUALLY REAL AND THEYVE GOT YOU BEAT

Comment from tnomeralc web design toys
Time: March 3, 2009, 4:45 pm

my question now is, how do i hide files and folders without buying third party application?

Comment from Your ASS
Time: March 7, 2009, 9:05 pm

Instead of YES it Should be TRUE

Comment from Your ASS
Time: March 7, 2009, 9:05 pm

Instead of YES it Should be TRUE

Comment from SpearBoy
Time: March 29, 2009, 3:19 am

Try iTweax for a change. By far the best tweaking tool for osx.
It even has Safari4 beta support.

http://www.itweax.net

Comment from bjs1990peregrine
Time: May 3, 2009, 9:59 am

Tnomeralc, I’ve found an easy way to hide folders without buying an application. First, use the command listed above to show hidden files. Then, rename the folder you’d like to hide by adding a dot (.) at the beginning of the name. For example, “MyFolder” would become “.MyFolder”
After that, hide the folders again and you’re all set!

Hope that helps!

Comment from tv series
Time: May 5, 2009, 7:45 am

If you find yourself needing to access hidden files on your Macintosh, run this from the terminal. Please note that the inverse of the first command will restore your default settings.

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