Project Appletree
Bringing Macs to the large scale world
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Summary:
This tiny app toggles between Finder showing or hiding hidden files.
This tiny app toggles between Finder showing or hiding hidden files.
Instructions:
1. Download the "Show or Hide Hidden Files" application
2. Launch "Show or Hide Hidden Files.app"
3. If prompted, select whether you want to show or hide hidden files.
How it works:
The app checks your finder plist file for the current state of the parameter "AppleShowAllFiles". If its true, it set it to false and restarts the Finder, and vice versa if its false. If parameter doesn't exists, the app asks the user what they want to do and does that.
1. Download the "Show or Hide Hidden Files" application
2. Launch "Show or Hide Hidden Files.app"
3. If prompted, select whether you want to show or hide hidden files.
How it works:
The app checks your finder plist file for the current state of the parameter "AppleShowAllFiles". If its true, it set it to false and restarts the Finder, and vice versa if its false. If parameter doesn't exists, the app asks the user what they want to do and does that.
