Snippet: How To Show Hidden Files on Mac OSX

1. Pop-up a Terminal (Applications > Terminal, Cmd+Space : “Terminal”)
2. Paste the line below :

   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

3. Reload Finder (Apple logo > Force Quit > Select “Finder” > Reload)
4. That’s it ! You’ll see (most of) all the hidden files in Finder. Even the not so sexy .DS_Store files that stores the custom attributes of the containing folder, kind of like Thumbs.db on Windows.
5. To hide them back, simply type into a Terminal :

   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0

Advertisement