Actually, there's Tinker Tool which will do the job for yuh.

Tim's causion is, however, very well given;  and, were I you, I'd heed it.


Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Unless you use a Utility like Invisiblix, this is only possible using the 
> Terminal.  I'm not sure about the accessibility of Invisiblix as I've never 
> used it but a search on the web claims that it is a utility that will 
> accomplish this without using Terminal.  A couple of things to note, even if 
> you do make the Trash item visible, you will not be able to get rid of those 
> locked items without either being logged in as root or using the Terminal.  
> Also, the usual caution is necessary, these files are hidden for a reason, 
> manipulating the wrong hidden file can cause some pretty big problems.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On 2013-07-03, at 6:21 AM, Anouk Radix <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I would like to see the hidden folders on my external drive but i am not 
>> all that good with terminal, is there a way to have fidner show hidden 
>> files/folders?
>> Thanks
>> Greetings, Anouk,
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