Comments on: Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X

By: radarak

radarak — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:46:13 +0000

what about ~/private/var/vm ?!
this is the folder for creating huge snapshots of os which changes alot.

By: Arvid Nielsen

Arvid Nielsen — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:09:24 +0000

Great help – thanks man!

Any of you guys want to keep that particular folder or file at hand, after having hidden files again, without having to do the whole Terminal thing? (To me it’s quite scary to mess with the system like that, anyway.):

Drop the folder or file onto the sidebar of your Finder window. Now, you should be able to access it, directly and easily, in the future.

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Two - Old Dirty Dermot Shop — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:36:35 +0000

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Get 4 Useful Mac OS X Features in your Menu Bar with DesktopUtility — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:14:09 +0000

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By: How to show all hidden files in MAC OSX « Dipak Karki

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By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:30:38 +0000

Thanks a ton! I’ve been using Houdini to reveal the .htaccess files so far but it’s far more convenient to have hidden files revealed by default.

By: Make an Invisible Folder and Hide Files in Plain Sight

Make an Invisible Folder and Hide Files in Plain Sight — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:16:05 +0000

[...] of the Terminal to create. It’s also advantageous because it doesn’t show up if someone makes hidden files visible. I would suggest burying this folder somewhere in an obscure place on the desktop or elsewhere to [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:02:06 +0000

Need to turn it on an off? I use it when working on volumes on a Mac OS X Server or other Unix boxes, typically for .htaccess files. I only need it on occasionally and don’t want the clutter or risk otherwise.

So using a plain text editor create two simple files with the commands to turn on and off. (TextEdit won’t do, but Word will save in plain text)

Make them executable with chmod thru Terminal. Use Finder’s Get Info to set them to open with Terminal

From then on you can double-click it to switch between showing and hiding.

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Installing Python, NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib and IPython on Lion — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:30:11 +0000

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By: Quickly Display Invisible Files in Mac OS X with Bifocals

Quickly Display Invisible Files in Mac OS X with Bifocals — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:33:27 +0000

[...] problem with traditional solutions like a defaults write command to show hidden files in Mac OS X is that they’re permanent unless another defaults write command is executed, this [...]

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:54:20 +0000

Bifocals http://www.bifocalsapp.com/ offers a free menu bar app to do this as well.

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Use Chrome to Quickly Show Invisible Files on your Hard Drive in Mac OS X — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:56:24 +0000

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By: Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X Dialog Boxes with Command+Shift+Period

Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X Dialog Boxes with Command+Shift+Period — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:39:44 +0000

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By: DD

DD — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:19:09 +0000

Sooo simple! though I’ve been a Mac user since 1987 I’ve never needed to hide a file. Now I do and I did in a few seconds. Thanxxxx