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Q: Unhide folders in iCloud Drive

Hi everyone,

 

I'm using Mac OS Sierra 10.12 Beta (16A313a)

Does anyone know how I can change the hidden  iMovie and Music Memos folders  in iCloud Drive  to permanently visible folders

( in Finder)

 

NB.  At present I can make them. visible with the cmd+shift+.  shortcut. and the

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;killall Finder

cmd+shift+.  will unhide all hidden folders when viewing in Finder.

However,  I want them visible without having to use this, as well as without  the other unnecessary hidden folders.  e.g..  Automator , Script Editor, the Desktop alias (a hidden),  the Documents alias (a hidden) and the .Trash

Note that deleting the hidden alias folders does not work. They return automatically.


I have tried various methods with no success.

 

mv .oldfilename newfilename  ( meant to change the name) it fails to achieve this with these particular folders.


ls -a. in terminal.
is a really long and round about way, but eventually you get there via cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs


If anyone finds the solution would be glad to hear how they achieved it.





 





MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra Beta

Posted on Sep 8, 2016 5:11 AM

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