Archive for August, 2009

How to Show / Hide Hidden Files in the Finder (Mac OS X)

August 4th, 2009 by @HKw@! | 1 Comment | Filed in Mac OS X, Unix

By default, Mac OS X hide all the Hidden Files. For those familiar with Unix files and folders, you have probably noticed that folder like /usr, /bin, /etc do not show up in finder. Besides, files that start with a dot like .bash_history also out of your sight.

Is it possible to make those hidden files work in Finder? The answer is Yes. We can easily show the hidden files by using simple terminal command.

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