Show or hide hidden files in Finder of Mac OSX

In Terminal, type these commands:

To show:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

To hide:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

Solution originally posted by Brooks on March 23, 2007 at http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2007/03/23/mac-os-x-show-hide-hidden-files-in-finder/

This entry was written by Gnocchi, posted on March 10, 2009 at 10:57 am, filed under OS X and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

One Comment

  1. Zoneh
    Posted May 23, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Permalink | Reply

    If you want to hide a certain file or folder in the way of the classic Mac OS, you may use the SetFile command of Mac OS X:

    To hide a file or folder, type:
    SetFile -a V filename

    To show a file or folder, type:
    SetFile -a v filename

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