How To Show Hidden Files and Folders in OS X

Show Hidden Files and Folders in Mac OS X. How To Reveal Hidden Files and Folders in Finder Using Mac OS X.

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In this episode, How To Show Hidden Files and Folders in OS X.

For whatever reasons, you might want to view hidden Files or Folders in Finder.

To do so, is a very easy process.


Straight to the Demo.

Soooooo, Let’s Get Started.

I’ll just launch Finder, and as you’ll notice, by default, hidden Files and Folders are not visible.

To make them visible, open Terminal and enter the following 2 one line commands:

Line 1: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles Yes

Followed by Line 2, to relaunch Finder:

Line 2: killall Finder

And there you have it, Files and Folders are now visible.

To revert to the default, simply enter the same commands in Terminal, replacing Yes with No.

Line 1: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles No

Followed by Line 2, to relaunch Finder:

Line 2: killall Finder

And that’s all there is to it.

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