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How to show invisible "." files in Finder?

post #1 of 6
3/24/03 at 8:14am
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How do I get my 10.2.4 Mac to show invisible "dot" files in Finder? I would prefer a terminal command as opposed to a System Prefs hack or app.

I think its something like:


"defaults write apple.foo.foo. foo boolean 1"

I need to POUND this into my head!
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post #2 of 6
3/24/03 at 8:21am
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

Then relaunch the Finder.
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post #3 of 6
3/24/03 at 9:19am
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post #4 of 6
3/24/03 at 9:21am
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Originally posted by AirSluf
Or even easier yet, download Tinkertool fron VersionTracker

I think you missed the main intent of his original post:

I would prefer a terminal command as opposed to a System Prefs hack or app.
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post #5 of 6
3/25/03 at 5:53am
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Originally posted by Brad
I think you missed the main intent of his original post:

I would prefer a terminal command as opposed to a System Prefs hack or app.

i think you may have missed his post...he says it snot a haxie, but a GUI that does the same terminal command

i dont see what the diff is though, they both do the same thing the same way...i'd rather go with the terminal though
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post #6 of 6
3/25/03 at 6:38am
And Ast3r3x I think you may have missed his post because he said system pref either, witch is exactly what tinker tool is...
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