Brian Jackson's IT Blog » Finder http://blog.brianleejackson.com Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:22:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X Finder http://blog.brianleejackson.com/show-hidden-files-in-mac-os-x-finder http://blog.brianleejackson.com/show-hidden-files-in-mac-os-x-finder#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:50:25 +0000 Brian Jackson http://blog.brianleejackson.com/?p=72 ]]> 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

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