{"id":301,"date":"2014-02-13T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T08:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahmedv.com\/wp\/?p=301"},"modified":"2014-02-18T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:28:29","slug":"mac-hidden-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahmedv.com\/wp\/mac-hidden-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac OS X Hidden Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you just need to edit the cursed .htaccess file and on the Mac by default the file is &#8220;hidden&#8221; &#8211; here&#8217;s how to show all.<\/p>\n<p>To show all hidden files and folders, in Terminal in<b>\u00a0OS X 10.9 Mavericks<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[wc_code]defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true ; killall Finder[\/wc_code]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Getting back to cleanliness:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[wc_code]defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false ; killall Finder[\/wc_code]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To show all hidden files and folders, in Terminal for earlier versions of\u00a0<b>OS X 10.8 and prior<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[wc_code]defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE ; killall Finder[\/wc_code]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Getting back to cleanliness:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[wc_code]defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE ; killall Finder[\/wc_code]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or if you lazy and would like an app (there&#8217;s always an app) &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Finder Revealer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahmedv.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FinderRevealer.zip\">download this (FinderRevealer.zip (app))<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you just need to edit the cursed .htaccess file and on the Mac by default the file is &#8220;hidden&#8221; &#8211; here&#8217;s how to show all. 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