Oh and please I am not helped by the 'just use shift+control+. answer because I have an Azerty keyboard with no separate button to make the .
. is done by shift and the button also making ;
so this earlier suggested command gets slightly more complicated.
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13
I don't know the app, but I wouldn't use a third party utility for that (although my guess is that it's just a front end GUI for these Terminal commands):
To show all hidden:
Launch Terminal and copy and paste this command:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
To hide them again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
For individual files:
To Hide
To make a file/folder hidden you can do the following.
open Terminal.app (it's in /Applications/Utilities) and type
sudo chflags hidden
Then drag the file or folder you want hidden to your Terminal window.
It will now show the path to the item.
Press Return.
To Unhide:
Type
sudo chflags nohidden
Then drag the file or folder you want unhidden to your Terminal window.
It will now show the path to the item.
Press Return.
Universally unhide ~/Library on all volumes
chflags nohidden /Volumes/*/Users/*/Library
chflags nohidden /Users/name
To unhide the ~/Library
chflags nohidden ~/Library
I don't know the app, but I wouldn't use a third party utility for that (although my guess is that it's just a front end GUI for these Terminal commands):
To show all hidden:
Launch Terminal and copy and paste this command:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
To hide them again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
For individual files:
To Hide
To make a file/folder hidden you can do the following.
open Terminal.app (it's in /Applications/Utilities) and type
sudo chflags hidden
Then drag the file or folder you want hidden to your Terminal window.
It will now show the path to the item.
Press Return.
To Unhide:
Type
sudo chflags nohidden
Then drag the file or folder you want unhidden to your Terminal window.
It will now show the path to the item.
Press Return.
Universally unhide ~/Library on all volumes
chflags nohidden /Volumes/*/Users/*/Library
chflags nohidden /Users/name
To unhide the ~/Library
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Sorry about that you need to kill Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE && killall Finder
To hide again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE && killall Finder
I opened Terminal, copy pasted the line defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
and pressed enter.
When next trying to find the hidden folders they are still hidden.
What am I doing wrong?
You see, I've seen that advice before as well but something in the command 'killall' made me mistrusting this advice...
Hoping you are not messing with me I tried it and it worked!
Thank you.
Really upsetting command though...
So it turned out! Thanks again.
I could finally find the mobile sync backup file on my old external harddrive backup from 2018 now.
Alas replacing the latest backup that is supposedly corrupted by this older one did not result in me being able to use that back up and at least recover some more of my older data (pictures, messages, apps,...).
Well, at least I tried using the backup for what it's meant for, even if that didn't turn out to be possible...
Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Atbalsts
"Finder and iTunes save backups to a Backup folder. The location of the Backup folder varies by operating system. Though you can copy the Backup folder, you should never move it to a different folder, external drive, or network drive."
No I'm not messing with you, I take these forums seriously. Yes, I can understand the command being "upsetting" anything with the word "kill" sounds scary but it is benign.
Is Funter app to see hidden folders safe to use
