Re:Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.
by dasil003 on Saturday November 12, 2011 @02:28PM
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Apple has decided that regular users should never see hidden files. I can see how this might be annoying to you, but I don't think I can be convinced that it's a bad justification.
Re:Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.
by koenigdavidmj on Saturday November 12, 2011 @07:27PM
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>I should switch to Terminal every time I want to toggle hidden file visibility?
You only need to run that command once.
Re:Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.
by mturmon on Sunday November 13, 2011 @12:21AM
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Someone wrote a little app that toggles it, but honestly, if you care that much about it to ask, just leave the hidden files visible all the time. I've found it to be the path of least confusion.
Re:Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.
by davidcann on Sunday November 13, 2011 @12:46PM
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This widget works great for show/hide hidden files:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfil...
I should switch to Terminal every time I want to toggle hidden file visibility?
Or write a service to install on my Finder toolbar. (I did this, because I'm not Joe Sixpack, but it's still annoying. If I wanted to write my own UI, I wouldn't have gone out and bought one.)