You can read the status of this setting, like this: defaults read AppleShowAllFiles You can hide the hidden files again like this, therefore: defaults write AppleShowAllFiles FALSE Oddly enough, defaults write takes “true”, “yes” or “1” to mean the same thing. ( Scroll the code window to its right to see the rest of the command, if it’s cut off.) defaults write AppleShowAllFiles TRUE The standard way to show hidden files in the Finder, is to issue the command defaults write in Terminal. Hidden files in Finder Screenshot: Finder set to show invisible files Screenshot: Finder set to show invisible files There are several areas in OS X where you might need to display them, so I’ll show you how to do that for each. git/ the special folder in any git repository, that contains all the info about the same System at its heart, so it has the concept of hidden files, and sometimes you want to see those. Of course there is still some place for improvement, I did this script for myself!Īlso you have the flexibility to add code lines for cleaning more files.Are you stuck, wondering how to deal with the invisible files in your Mac Finder? Read on to find out how to handle them in Finder, Terminal and in Open Dialog boxes, as of OS X 10.11.3 “El Capitan”. Then it will clean the USB disk (tries with admin credentials if failed with current ones), then eject if possible. This script will ask you to choose the USB disk to clean and eject. Save the application as DiskCleaner.app for example Use this script: on run " with administrator privilegesĭisplay notification "Can't Clean, Permission Denied"ĭo shell script "diskutil eject " & driveIdentifierĭisplay notification "Can't Eject, Disk in Use"ĭisplay notification "No Disk to Clean and Eject"
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