Hi CB,

In this case, a friend asked me if he could have the voice file from my 
rockboxed sansa E200 series.  The .rockbox directory where that file resides 
was hidden, so I needed to unhide that folder to get the voice file.

Then of course, I hid the files again because to be honest they are in the way.

Best,

Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
Toll-free: 888-255-5194

On 2010-07-22, at 5:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:

> Or go to terminal and paste
> 
> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON
> 
> but modifying finder preferences under the hood is still hackery, of the good 
> kind :) That said, why would you want to see all the .hidden files in the 
> finder? They are generally not user-centric stuff that you'd want to touch.
> 
> CB
> 
> louie wrote:
>> This is not a hack write.
>> Only those who do not know how to program will make such a statement.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> tell application "Finder"
>> activate
>> try
>> set showHidden to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder 
>> AppleShowAllFiles" as string
>> if showHidden is "OFF" then
>> say "Showing dot files"
>> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON"
>> do shell script "killall Finder"
>> else
>> say "Hiding dot files"
>> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles OFF"
>> do shell script "killall Finder"
>> end if
>> end try
>> end tell
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>> 
>>> Are you talking about dot files like .hidden_filename? If so then there is 
>>> no way short of some hackery to get them to show. You can turn on showing 
>>> file name extensions. Why would you want them to show? You can, of course, 
>>> access them through the terminal.
>>> 
>>> CB
>>> 
>>> erik burggraaf wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,,
>>>> 
>>>> How do I show hidden files in finder?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Erik Burggraaf
>>>> User support consultant,
>>>> Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
>>>> Toll-free: 888-255-5194
>>>> 
>>>> 
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