Comments on: Show hidden files in the Finder http://objcolumnist.com/2010/01/10/show-hidden-files-in-the-finder/ Coding under the Hammer Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:36:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Spencer MacDonald http://objcolumnist.com/2010/01/10/show-hidden-files-in-the-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Spencer MacDonald Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:53:59 +0000 http://objcolumnist.com/?p=164#comment-514 True Benjamin, I didn't know you can do that. thanks for the tip :) True Benjamin, I didn’t know you can do that. thanks for the tip :)

]]> By: Benjamin Dobson http://objcolumnist.com/2010/01/10/show-hidden-files-in-the-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Benjamin Dobson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:30 +0000 http://objcolumnist.com/?p=164#comment-510 I heard this tip a while back—so useful. One thing I'd add, though: killing the Finder is a bit unnecessary. It's probably harmless, but I say that you shouldn't kill a process when you can quit it nicely. If you run the commands: defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool TRUE osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to quit' you can quit the Finder like a normal application, from the menu bar or command-Q. I heard this tip a while back—so useful. One thing I’d add, though: killing the Finder is a bit unnecessary. It’s probably harmless, but I say that you shouldn’t kill a process when you can quit it nicely. If you run the commands:

defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool TRUE
osascript -e ‘tell app “Finder” to quit’

you can quit the Finder like a normal application, from the menu bar or command-Q.

]]> By: Spencer MacDonald http://objcolumnist.com/2010/01/10/show-hidden-files-in-the-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Spencer MacDonald Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:40:20 +0000 http://objcolumnist.com/?p=164#comment-499 Thanks Steve, thats quite useful. Thanks Steve, thats quite useful.

]]> By: Steve Harrison http://objcolumnist.com/2010/01/10/show-hidden-files-in-the-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Steve Harrison Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:35:30 +0000 http://objcolumnist.com/?p=164#comment-498 You can also use a handy little Dashboard widget called "hiddenfiles" to do this: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html. You can also use a handy little Dashboard widget called “hiddenfiles” to do this: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html.

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