Sunday, June 9, 2013

How to show hidden files on Mac using Terminal

Open up terminal and then copy pase or simply type in

To show all hidden files

>> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True
>> killall Finder

To un show hidden files 

>>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False
>>Killall Finder


Note: The command and arguments are case sensitive so type in the same way i did without missing the capitalisation.(">>" Dont include this while typing command, i typed this for showing purposes only)

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