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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Show hidden files in Finder

Ever want to be able to access files that begin with '.' via the Finder? It's simple, open up Terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

Then to apply the setting immediately:

killall Finder
Posted by Matt at 8:02 PM
Labels: mac

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey cool but how do u turn it of?

June 4, 2009 4:48 AM

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