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Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X

Here’s a quick tip. If you find yourself needing to access hidden files on your Macintosh, run this from the terminal. Please note that the inverse of the first command will restore your default settings.


Display Hidden Files

# defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
# KillAll Finder

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  1. March 9th, 2010 at 15:11 | #1

    To turn it back off just replace TRUE with FALSE

  2. March 22nd, 2010 at 12:49 | #2

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