Show hidden files os x 10.5

All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. User profile for user: Niel Niel. Mar 27, AM in response to billymc38 In response to billymc38 Open the Script Editor or AppleScript Editor in one of the subfolders of Applications and run the following: tell application "Finder" to quit if do shell script "defaults read com.

Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: dalstott dalstott. Mar 27, AM in response to billymc38 In response to billymc38 Get a utility like TinkerTool and under the finder icon is a box you can check.

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PAUL says:. Select Relaunch from pop-up menu to reopen Finder. For example, you can see the Library that saves iTunes backup appears. You can open it to see iTunes backup file. As you know, when hidden files are not shown, you cannot open iTunes backup file with this method in Finder. Go back to Terminal and type the following command.

Press Enter and hidden files or folder would become hidden again after Finder relaunches. Compared to above feature provided by Mac to show or hide hidden files or folder, third-party app would work more easily, especially when you need to usually show and hide some files or folder. It is worth trying but the security of the apps cannot be promised or guaranteed.

Choose one from them if you prepare to show or hide hidden files on Mac with third-party software. Download the app and double-click the zip file you get. Then it would run on Mac OS X.