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Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

akash singh — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:41:30 -0000

seriously you don't have a terminal.....?? XD

thats not possible actually. press Command+Space then type terminal and press enter.

Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

anon. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:32:02 -0000

I don't have terminal for some reason. How do I do it then?

Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

Watson — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:19:26 -0000

I did this but then when I put them back by putting the command in with False at the end ALL of the folders are still visible in my user folder. Just my User folder, everywhere eles went back to hidden. Any Suggestions?

Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

enrique — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:26:40 -0000

:) thanks

Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

lilly — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:48:14 -0000

Thanks ! Been Needing to know how to do this for ages !

Re: OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

brian — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:13:58 -0000

Here is a program that will do these steps for you (I always forget what to type, and I have to toggle nearly every day):

http://gotoes.org/sales/Sho...

Program is free; tested on OSX 10.4.11