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