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hidden files in the item chooser

Using terminal, I got hidden files to show in a Finder window.


Now, how do I get them to show in the Chooser window? Hopefully, the right name for the window, not all that conversant with Apple terminology.

Posted on Jan 21, 2013 11:15 AM

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Mar 24, 2014 2:24 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

no, you are absolutely right, the tool is there and relatively easy to use. The only thing (besides my curiosity on commands that do this) is that when navigating through the system using Finder you still don't know are you seing all that is there. I don't know (without checking) if the file (library) has this "Show Package Content" option offered. In other words I don't know is there something else beyond of what I see. I'm usually in 'column' view and I use arrows to get in and out of the (sub)directories but when there is a 'file' that requires left click to see if this "Show Package Content" option is available, I have to either switch to the mouse or use multiple keystrokes. But the main thing is that Finder still doesn't show what you see in Terminal window using 'ls' or 'ls -all'. I kind of feel bad that Commander (that I last time used almost 10 years ago on PC) is better than Finder for no reason (except the fact that Finder is built in app). So, my question is not 'how to see it' but 'how to know that I see all that is there'. Does this make sense? And again I'm just curious, I can always use Terminal 🙂

hidden files in the item chooser

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