


to reliably disable/hide the mouse pointer and certain actions on a Mac may. First time to show the files and second time to hide them. The attached video shows it happens on my Mac with the View as Icons setting. To get started, click the 'Finder' app on the Mac dock. OR click the desktop and go to in the top menu: Finder -> Services -> name of file to show hidden files. Using Finder to view hidden files Using 'Finder' is the easiest way to uncover hidden files. To hide the files use the same shortcut again. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch. To show hidden files use the shortcut: shift+cmd+. If there is not shortcut there then add shift+cmd+. There might be a shortcut there if so test it out. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services and find the Services you made showing hidden files. Select Utilities -> Run Shell Script (drag it into the window on the right)Īdd the following code to show hidden files status=`defaults read AppleShowAllFiles`ĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles falseĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles true
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Alternatively, you can open Terminal, type 'rm,' leave a space and then drag the file from Finder into the Terminal window to auto-fill the full file extension. I came across another solution by using Automator. Type 'rm filename.extension' without quotations and with the relevant filename and extension in place of 'filename.extension'), and then press Enter to delete the file.
