How to show invisible items in Time Machine Backups?

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Dear All,

How can I show invisble items on //Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb ?

I've backed //Lion/Users/User/Library , but when i checked the backed folder, i could not find it.

Any help!!!

Regards,

Abdelaal,

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), RAM: 4GB

Posted on May 10, 2012 4:26 AM

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Answer 1

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Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app) and paste this command

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

To turn invisible files off again, use

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

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