Makes sense. You could also use "Go To Folder" under the Go menu and
type the path, including the hidden folder, into the prompt which would
then open it in the finder. Then you don't need to hide and unhide the
dot files.
CB
erik burggraaf wrote:
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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