SHOW HIDDEN FILES IN OSX FINDER
Open the terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
Reverting to the default of NOT showing hidden files:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false
Don’t forget to relaunch the Finder otherwise you won’t see any changes. You can do this by presssing ALT-CMD-ESC together. This will open the Force Quit window and now select the Finder and select Relaunch. If everything went ok, you should be able to see the changes you’ve just made.
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Thanks,
I’ve been look all over for that command.
[...] When you tell OSX to delete a file on any drive you’ll notice that the files are quickly removed (unless it’s a network drive. In that case, after telling OSX to delete the file you will be reminded that the files will be completely deleted and asked if that is indeed what you had intended.) This process is quick because the files are simply moved to a folder on the same drive named ‘.Trashes’. The specified trashes directory is hidden on every drive. Any file whose name starts with a ‘.’ will be hidden in OSX and all Linux OSes as well. This is a little confusing since anything you trash on any locally mounted drive shows up in the ‘Trash’ on your dock. The Trash would seem to be one location on the computer, but in reality the ‘Trash’ is a collective display of the contents of all .Trashes folders in all locally mounted drives. If you’d like to see these hidden files in Linux it’s usually an option under ‘View’ in the file browser. OSX’s Finder doesn’t have that option for the general user, but it’s easy enough through a simple command in the Terminal or the use of an AppleScript to run the Terminal for you. Anyway, here’s what you need to see hidden files in OSX. [...]
neat
and thx alot
I have tried this, but it only seems to work for the finder. Should this also work for ‘file open’ and save dialogs ?
@troc
I can’t remember, I have switched the functionality back to hide hidden files. Can anyone tell troc more?
thanks anyway, regards, troc.
I just tried this on Leopard – it didn’t work. Did i do something wrong?
@bilby,
Sorry, I can’t help you since I don’t use Leopard. I can confirm that it works for Tiger. Perhaps somebody else can tell you more. If you find the answer, please also state the solution in a comment on this blog, so other people are helped as well. Thanks in advance.
The above works fine in Leopard just copy it straight from the web page and then paste it in a terminal window