How to show invisible "." files in Finder?

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
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!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1



    Then relaunch the Finder.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 3 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    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.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    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
  • Reply 5 of 5
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    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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