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.
What if you then want to re-hide them?
Have you tried : defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO ?