Show Hidden Files
This is pretty much the same as in the previous versions of Mac OS X.
Open up your Terminal and enter:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
To see the change you need to restart the Finder. You can do this by executing the following line in the Terminal:
killall Finder
Hide Hidden Files
To revert the change and hide those files again, simply replace the TRUE with a FALSE in the Terminal like so:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
To see the change you need to restart the Finder. You can do this by executing the following line in the Terminal:
killall Finder
How do you do it for a particular directory and all its subsequent contained files?
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@nicolas Did you find out anything about your question since you posted it?
I am not aware of a solution that would just show/hide system files in specific folders.
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Hello,
i’be tried this to show hidden files and worked perfectly, now im trying to revert it and its not working.
it keeps on giving me command not found.
Help appreciated.
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@YAZAN: What version of the operating system are you running?
It is indeed strange that the command is not found when you were able to use it before.
What happens when you open up the terminal and just enter:
defaults
??
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