Show / Hide hidden files on Mac OS X

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Because I’m tired of always doing a google search for this I writing the same thing which has been written dozens of times before, but at least I’ll know where to find it now…and now you will too.

To show hidden files on your mac launch Terminal and enter these commands:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

Now you need to relaunch Finder by killing it in order for the changes to take effect:

killall Finder

To reverse this change and go back to hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

and

killall Finder

3 comments on “Show / Hide hidden files on Mac OS X

  1. [...] This worked! Hope that helps someone else. If you can’t see this location in Finder use this article to show hidden files in your profile. Share this:TwitterLinkedInEmailPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to like [...]

  2. Anonymous says:

    This is straightforward, thanks!!

  3. Vince says:

    Hi! I suggest using freeware Funter ( http://nektony.com/funter ) it does the same, but from system menu bar.

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