How to show hidden files in finder

Published on July 18th, 2009 by DannyT. Filed under Mac/OS X

In Terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Then you’ll need to restart Finder by alt + right clicking the Finder logo and selecting relaunch. Obviously change to NO to disable again.

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