![]() ![]() Note: In the above I have deliberately referred to Documents and Applications (and not ~/Documents and /Applications) where I am referring to the pseudo-locations presented by Finder. Those who want (or even need) to see more will know how to do so! The alternative view is that Finder shows you what you need to know. I presented this as Finder lying about the file system. ![]() But it does show the combined view for the Applications folder. DS_Store, and doesn't show pretend Documents folders. You can easily show/hide hidden files and folders in your Finder. ForkLift is much closer to the true file system. invisibliX is a little Cocoa utility application to manage hidden items in the Finder. If you color-coded files with labels in earlier. Use ForkLift from binarynights or other 3rd party Finder replacements. By clicking a tag color in the Finder sidebar, you can display all the files tagged with that color. The Terminal app and the ls -a command shows the file system. If you use OS X 10.9 Mavericks or OS X 10.10 Yosemite, follow the steps in the video to show. There are various ways to see the true file system: This video will teach you how to view hidden files on your Mac. For example you won't find Mail in ls -a /Applications.įinder hides some files (even with show hidden files). When Finder shows the Applications folder it is combining two locations in the underlying file system, that is /Applications and /System/Applications. This example is not present in ls -a ~/Documents Mine includes a hidden folder called BBEdit which in the file system is ~/Library/Containers//Data/Documents. The Documents folder as shown by Finder may have extra folders when hidden files are shown. It doesnt necessarily display all the tags in the sidebar of the Finder but they are all available in the preference file and that long list of available. Even with Command+shift+., Finder does not show the full file system. With Big Sur and even more with Monterey, Finder no longer shows the file system unadulterated. The command to show hidden files in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks is: defaults write AppleShowAllFiles TRUE Please not that terminal IS caps sensitive and that entering an incorrect command could really mess things up on your computer. The short answer is you can't! Finder has changed. Press the combination of Command, Shift, and Dot (.) to reveal the hidden data. For example, the Macintosh HD root directory or user home folder. You very reasonably ask "How can I permanently compel the Finder to show me hidden files?". To show hidden data, launch Finder and go to any folder in which you believe there are hidden files or folders. ![]()
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