Show Hidden Files OS X 10.7 Lion

Question

Possible Duplicate:
How to show hidden files and folders in finder?

How do I show the hidden files in OS X 10.7 Lion?

The hidden preference here is the same as other recent OS X. - changing lion tag to OS X — bmike, Jul 25 '11 at 19:40
There's a question for that too :-) http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/17797/5472 — bmike, Jul 26 '11 at 14:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 04 '16 at 14:49

4

Open Terminal.app (Applications > Utilities) and type the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

To undo re-open Terminal.app and run

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

edited Jun 04 '16 at 14:49

grg

answered Jul 25 '11 at 18:44

mwidmann

1 Answers1