How do I unhide a jpeg?

Run the command I posted on the file. If it appears, the hidden flag was set.

You can view them in for a given folder of files with this:

ls -alO path/to/folder

The hidden files will have the word "hidden" in the properties, like this:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 Barney staff hidden 43012 May 29 18:05 .DS_Store

What I'm wondering is what hid the files in the first place.

Please explain which method you used to hide files.

You might look over the different options to hide files in this link.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2030765/8-ways-to-hide-files-and-folders-in-os-x .html

Open Preview. In the open file dialog box, aim it at the folder where your hidden images reside. Press shift+command+dot, and your hidden images will appear in the dialog. To rehide them, repeat this keystroke.

This works with dot files, and files hidden with chflags.

In the Finder, you need a mash a button and get an answer solution.

The following AppleScript can be saved as an Application via the AppleScript Editor, and placed on your Dock. It is a toggle too. It will show/hide every hidden file in the Finder window. The dot files and chflags hidden files will be shown as faded, and cannot be opened with a double-click, but rather the right-click contextual menu.

-- Submitted by Baltwo on Apple Support Community

try

do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles"

on error

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"

end try

if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") is equal to "0" then

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"

else

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"

end if

do shell script "killall Finder"

Depends on how they are hidden.

If they have a . before the name, delete the .

If the hidden flag is set, unset it with this command in Terminal:

chflags nohidden /path/to/file/to/unhide.

Replace /path/to/file/to/unhide with the actual path to the file

Too much info in the string. By putting in yet another slash, you told the command CIMG7202a.jpg was the name of a subfolder, and the file you wanted to change the hidden flag on is named "unhide". You just want this:

chflags nohidden /Users/bobsmith/Pictures/Cars/CIMG7202a.jpg

You're welcome. 🙂