How To Show Hidden Files & Folders On Mac OS X

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There are a variety of hidden files and folders on your Mac. You can show them by using a Terminal command. You can then view, alter an edit these hidden files on your Mac. The Terminal command used is the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder This tip was originally posted at http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/04/show-hidden-files.html Subscribe for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/MacTricksAndTip Follow MacTricksAndTips: https://twitter.com/mactricksandtip Like MacTricksAndTips on: https://www.facebook.com/Mactricksandtips

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  1. How to find folders and files I lost when I wiped my old OS (Sierra) without backing anything up? Now I am running Yosemite and cannot find them. Any ideas? I cannot afford a $100 dollar plus data recovery software. Can I find them using the terminal on my Macbook pro? I am sure the police could locate it if they wanted to, so how do I do it?

    Thanks.
  2. Well done! Concise and informative
  3. Great video and than you so much
  4. this happened when i tried to "killall finder"
  5. it says , "No matching processes were found" HELP
  6. THANK YOU SO MUCH
  7. I'm happy to use Funter
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  9. bro thank you I was thinking that I deleted it somehow. Now I can finish my freaking videos
  10. nice! ty! i was able to delete hidden files on my usb!:))))))
  11. A very simple and quick video that helped me find a file somehow saved in a hidden folder.
    Thank you, this is a perfect video.
  12. Thanks man
  13. Excellent thank you! This helped me to delete a corrupt file on my USB hard drive which was causing problem for my WD media streamer. Cheers!!!!
  14. Thanks for the video!
  15. What about files inside F4 button ?
  16. ok
  17. thanks Man!
  18. Thanks..Buddy
  19. didnt work by me anyone a solution
  20. thanks Man! it worked <3