I recently switched over from PC to Mac and when I was looking through my folders I realized some things were missing. The folders missing all were named with a period coming before the name. The purpose was for them to arrange themselves at the top when folders are arranged alphabetically. However, on a Mac, in OS X a period before the name means that it becomes a hidden folder / file.
Below is the command to show the hidden files in the Mac OS X Finder.
Open up the terminal and type the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
Also, to revert back to normal, here is the command:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
Brian,
You probably know this, but some text editors (TextMate) give you the option of seeing the invisible files like .htaccess and some FTP clients do as well.
-Matt
I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.
It’s a pity that people don’t realize the importance of this information. Thanks for posing it.