Two ways to switch finder to display hidden files in Apple System

Source: Internet
Author: User

 

Because the finder of the Apple system does not provide the show hidden file option on the UI, you must set the options in either of the following ways.

 

1. Command Line

 

Enter the following command in the console to display hidden files in the finder.

 

Defaults write ~ /Library/Preferences/com. apple. finder AppleShowAllFiles-bool true

 

The following command is used to hide the file owner status.

Defaults write ~ /Library/Preferences/com. apple. finder AppleShowAllFiles-bool false

 

 

2. directly edit attributes

 

Find the following directory in the finder:

 

Users/yourname/Library/Preferences

 

Find the com. apple. finder. plist file and open it with the property Editor (xcode), as shown in

 

 

Find the AppleShowAllFiles item and change the attributes of the person next to it.

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