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Finder
Show or Hide Hidden Files
06/12/07 12:23 Filed in: Misc
Show or Hide
Hidden Files
Summary:
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.
Summary:
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.
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