Show hidden files in Mac OS X Finder

ben@slashdotdash.net (Ben) — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:22:51 +0000

By default, Mac OS X’s Finder keeps system files – which generally start with a dot, like .bash_profile – out of your sight. But that makes editing one of these files extremely difficult if you, say, want to customize your Terminal prompt.

Execute the following in Terminal (to undo the change set TRUE to FALSE).

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

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Show hidden files in Finder

Slash Dot Dash: Show hidden files in Mac OS X Finder

Show hidden files in Mac OS X Finder

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