Thursday, February 23, 2012

Viewing hidden files on mac


Most of the system file in mac are hidden. These hidden files and folder in mac can be viewed by following ways:

1. Open terminal application

2. Execute command: 

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true

To hide files and folder

1. Execute command: 

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false


These will come into effect after logging out and logging in

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