Show hidden files in OSX

I hate not being able to see my hidden files in Finder. Why it hasn’t got a selector I don’t know. Still working on moving it to Linux Mint 🙂

I’m running OSX 10.6.8 (not Lion yet).

Anyway enter the line below into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Then hit ALT-right-click on Finder logo in the bar and select Relaunch. Job done.

Update 01-Feb-12 Missed my refs! A big thank you to mikesel.info.

2 thoughts on “Show hidden files in OSX”

Paul Keogh | Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 at 12:06

What if you then want to re-hide them?

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Niall | Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 at 12:22

Have you tried : defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO ?

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